A proposed Texas law would authorize anyone whatsoever to sue anyone who helps anyone to get an abortion. The target could be bankrupted by one 10,000-dollar penalty after another.

This is the same tactic used in Israel's law that made it impossible in Israel to advocate boycotting the products made by Israeli businesses in Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory. It threatened such a person with the prospect of penury through unlimited judgments of "damages".

The root cause of the Texas law is that Republicans rig the elections in Texas.