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What Texas’ Abortion Ban Means For The Future

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In this week’s Keeping It Z column, we’re talking about what the abortion ban in Texas means for young people. On September 1, a Texas law banning abortions after 6 weeks went into effect.

I’m based in Texas, which is home to millions of people, and I’m horrified. During the summer of 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott signed two laws that made reproductive autonomy all the more unattainable: the first banned abortions after 6 weeks, making it possible for any private individual to sue those believed to help an abortion seeker get care, as well as as providers, while the other would illegalize abortion.

Anyone who is able to sue an abortion provider and win will receive $10,000. This means the state is not the one enforcing the law, making

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