The new ban in Texas on abortions after the detection of cardiac activity – usually around six weeks, when many women don’t even know they’re pregnant – is rightfully dominating headlines around the world.
It is an extreme and cruel ban. And it includes clauses that effectively turn private citizens into bounty hunters, with ‘prizes’ of up to $10,000 for catching doctors who break the law (or anyone who helps a woman end a pregnancy after this point).
It is also a reflection of how Trump’s legacy is still shaping American lives – it is the Supreme Court he created that enabled the ban to go through earlier this week.
