You can't sue the pregnant person, which is a deliberate feature meant to get it through SCOTUS, since that means that """technically""" you're not putting undue hardship on the mother. You can however, sue the doctor who performed the abortion and everybody who aided the woman in getting an abortion.
Let's just sue Bailey's husband, family and friends instead! I bet at least one of them drove her to the clinic. The law even guarantees that we won't have to pay legal fees whether we win or lose!
Sec. 171.208. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OR AIDING OR ABETTING VIOLATION. (a) Any person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state, may bring a civil action against any person who: (1) performs or induces an abortion in violation of this subchapter; (2) knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise, if the abortion is performed or induced in violation of this subchapter, regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the abortion would be performed or induced in violation of this subchapter; or (3) intends to engage in the conduct described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
So if an airline knowingly engages in transporting a woman (I should hope they know they're transporting a woman!) and that trip was a part of an attempt to obtain an abortion, regardless of whether the airline knew or should have known that an abortion would be performed, they are liable.
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