A doctor who wrote an op-ed claiming he violated the state’s six-week abortion ban now faces a lawsuit in the first known challenge under Texas’ new law
The lawsuit was filed Monday by Oscar Stilley, a former tax attorney in Arkansas who is serving a home confinement sentence for a federal conviction on tax crimes.
He filed the lawsuit against the doctor in Bexar County.
In a phone interview with CNN, Stilley said he is an opponent of the law that bars most abortions in the state, but wants to clear the way for a judge to rule on its constitutionality.
“I am a supporter of the Constitution, and I am opposed to the law.” Stilley said.
Stilley’s lawsuit was first reported by The Washington Post.
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