In Texas, why isn’t every pregnant woman ordering abortion pills, throwing them in the trash upon receipt, and then suing under HB7 to make an easy $100k?
Texas has that bounty law HB 7 which explicitly says that a pregnant woman who obtained or received pills supplied in violation of the statute gets the entire award of at least $100,000, and the law separately awards reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff. It seems like this would create a massive land rush for personal injury type firms to run ads saying “Pregnant? Get $100K!” Importantly, you don’t have to actually have an abortion, just order the pills and you can simply throw them away upon receipt and are still eligible for $100k.
Why aren’t delivery people, website admins, etc. not being sued like mad in TX? This seems like a massive marketing opportunity for bottom fishing firms as they get legal fees paid and their client gets any easy $100k