The damage is already done. This galaxy brain legislation is being picked up by 6 other states[1] and growing. By the time the Supreme Court gets back to it there will be at least a dozen other implementations to consider as well. If they opt for a narrow ruling the whole case could drag out for a decade or more. Meanwhile legal bounty hunters get to make claims with little to no merit on the hopes of getting some $10,000 payouts and with little risk--the abortion providers pay the court costs win or lose.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/03/texas-abortion...

> the abortion providers pay the court costs win or lose

Wait, so if I had even a thin basis for a suspicion, I could file cases against the legislators who voted for the bull?

If you lose you have to pay your own court costs, but the abortion provider pays their own costs regardless. If you win the abortion provider also pays your court costs.

From what I’ve read there is nothing preventing you from filing frivolous suits against the legislators. They have to defend themselves or face a summary judgement. The law as written is wide open for abuse. This could be amended with a provision that excludes legislators and rich politically connected people.

Even better, you could do so in courts that are inconvenient for them (read: other end of the state), without any allegations that it's a proper venue for the case at all, and they couldn't move to place it in a more reasonable jurisdiction.

Granted, that provision is probably unconstitutional by itself, but it just goes to show you that the banning abortion part of the law is the least problematic part of the entire thing.

Between the time the court rejected a stay and the hearings next year, a constitutional right will be denied to countless people.

>a constitutional right

Exactly, just because it isn't specified or enumerated as a right in the constitution, doesn't mean it's not a right... right?

Yeah, causing damage in between. But that is what selecting justices was all about anyway last years.

Who will SCOTUS hand the bill to for the unplanned and unwanted children who are carried to term in the meantime by women who could not get access to healthcare until hearings are held [1]? Who should these women sue for damages due to defective statute and who have been harmed by the state of Texas?

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-6-week-abortion-ban-p... (However, preliminary estimates suggest that the law could prevent roughly 132 procedures per day, or 4,009 per month.)