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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eleanor Klibanoff

Texas state court throws out lawsuit against doctor who violated abortion law

Dr. Alan Braid, abortion provider and owner of Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio, sits in his office for a portrait on June 14, 2022.
Dr. Alan Braid sits in his office on June 14. (Credit: Kylie Cooper/The Texas Tribune)

A judge in San Antonio has thrown out a lawsuit filed against a Texas abortion provider who intentionally violated a controversial state abortion law.

The law, known as Senate Bill 8, allows anyone to bring a lawsuit against someone who “aids or abets” in an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. On Thursday, state District Judge Aaron Haas in Bexar County said people who have no connection to the prohibited abortion and have not been harmed by it do not have standing to bring these lawsuits.

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