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Texas attorney general says he will sue doctor who gives abortion to Kate Cox
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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He just interfered with this woman's ability to pursue legal Healthcare to protect her life. If she dies as a result of the medical complications associated with the pregnancy, I don't see how he doesn't get charged with manslaughter at a minimum.
It would be very difficult to charge him because prosecutors have absolute immunity for charging decisions. Even if any other prosecutor wanted to charge him they would have a very high bar to prove he overstepped his role as a prosecutor.
As a prosecutor you'd think you'd be required by law to follow all rulings by a judge?
Edit - What if a judge rules someone innocent and Paxton is like nah, you go to prison anyway.
This isn't any different?
Sadly I agree with with your point. While I, as someone who is definitely not a prosecutor, think there is a pretty strong case that he is using the power of his office to prevent someone from exercising their legal freedoms to try to survive, I am ignorant of how charges like that could be brought and expect that Paxton enjoys some pretty broad protections, whether his position should or not.
He should be held liable for medical malpractice, as a private citizen