HAGSTROM MILLER: And oftentimes, his legal strategies are seen by the people that I talk to as very extreme. MCCAMMON: And that's Amy Hagstrom Miller, who used to run abortion clinics in Texas before SB 8 and other laws shut them down. RICHARD EPSTEIN: He's a kind of a technical magician.ĪMY HAGSTROM MILLER: My experience with him is that he has very driven strategy to ban abortion by any means necessary. His former law professor, Richard Epstein, says Mitchell is among the brightest legal minds to ever sit in his classrooms. Some people call it the bounty hunter law. MCCAMMON: Mitchell is the architect of SB 8, the Texas law that banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and enabled private citizens to sue people they suspected of being involved in abortions. JONATHAN MITCHELL: Advising legislators on how to draft their statutes in a way that will make them not only effective, but also able to withstand a court challenge if one arises and then also litigation with representing private individuals or sometimes governmental entities that are facing lawsuits or bringing lawsuits. MCCAMMON: Jonathan Mitchell is a lawyer and former Texas solicitor general who now runs his own law firm based in Austin. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Jonathan Mitchell. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Jonathan Mitchell. MCCAMMON: Abortion access, book banning and people suing other people to enforce the rules - and there's one man who's been quietly choreographing the legal strategy behind fights being waged around the country. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #3: In a first of its kind lawsuit in Texas, the lawsuit is being brought by a man who alleges that three women helped his ex-wife get access to medication abortion. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: The Llano County Library System removed 12 children's books due to their racial and LGBTQ content. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: Senate Bill 8, The Texas Heartbeat Act - abortions will be banned once a fetal heartbeat is detected. They are some of the most divisive issues today.
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