Author and former nurse Professor Christie Watson has called for the creative arts to be embedded into education programmes for nurses and other health
in our politics lead, we are standing by for a federal judge s decision on whether to temporarily block that controversial texas six-week abortion ban. the law signed last month allows anyone in the country to report an alleged violation, which essentially means something like vigilante abortion bounty hunters reporting someone who even just helps a woman in texas get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. often a woman, of course, does not even know she s pregnant by then. a federal judge questioned how texas would enforce the law asking, quote if the state is so confident in the constitutionality of the limitations on women s access to abortion y did they go to great lengths to create this unusual cause of action rather than doing it directly? let s bring in katie watson who is an attorney and associate
private citizens from suing, such as closing its courts to their suits. and that was one of texas arguments that the parties that the judge would be trying to enjoin are not part of the case. private citizens. so it s a little procedural knot but i think the doj s argument is this is a straight-up supremacy clause issue and you can t fall prey to the procedural smoke and mirrors. so he has to craft an order carefully. professor katie watson, thank you. in the politics lead, rare public opinions from supreme court justice who have been guarded. it s also the tone of these remarks that are so extraordinary. the most recent was just yesterday from justice samuel alito taking on those who accuse the court of being sneaky and sinister with late-night decisions. jessica schneider has the very public ways that five justices are now voicing their frustrations. reporter: the start of the new supreme court term is
professor of obstetrics and gynecology. professor watson, it s an interesting question. if you want to ban abortion, why create these vigilante squads? what do you make of that question? well, the answer is because it is unconstitutional to ban abortion before viability, which is at approximately 24 weeks. and i believe in eight other states that have passed six-week ba bans, the federal courts have enjoined those laws because they re so obviously unconstitutional. so texas tried to do an end run with this ridiculous procedural enforcement to try to avoid constitutional review. in the doj lawsuit, that s exactly the point they honed in on. we had you on the lead right after the texas law went into effect. it puts up a wall of sorts between a pregnant woman and people they might seek advice from, such as a pastor, a
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