Texas Abortionist Says He’s Already Violated the New ‘Heartbeat’ Law
A Texas abortionist has admitted that he has already broken the state’s new law banning the procedures after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Alan Braid, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services in San Antonio, wrote an essay that was published in the Washington Post admitting to performing an abortion past the legal limit in the state.
He said that he deliberately violated the law so that he can challenge it in court.
In his op-ed, Braid explained that he has been performing abortions for the last 45 years, writing “when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973, recognizing abortion as a constitutional right, it enabled me to do the job I was trained to do.”
“Then,