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July 18 (Reuters) - Two more members of a Texas Democratic Party delegation of lawmakers who fled their state delaying passage of what they say are restrictive voting laws have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Sunday.
The Texas House Democratic Caucus said in an emailed statement that it s now providing daily COVID testing for the more than 50 lawmakers who fled Texas. So far, five delegation members have tested positive for COVID - and all are fully vaccinated.
The delegation members met last week with several top leaders, including Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris office said that they did not think the vice president, who is fully vaccinated, nor her staff were at risk of exposure as they were not in close contact with any of the five delegation members who have tested positive.
Lawsuit filed against Texas’ latest anti-abortion law
On Tuesday of last week abortion rights activists filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a barbaric and medieval anti-abortion law, which is set to go into effect in Texas in September this year, that bans abortions by allowing citizens to sue those who perform or “aid” in abortions for $10,000, with a successful case stipulating the sued parties to pay the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit was filed in Austin by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and others.
The law applies to anyone connected to the abortion, including anyone who, according to the language of the statute, “knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise,” opening the door for a flood of lawsuits by conservative activists and anti-abortion vigilantes against the