The Ayes and Nays Upon Texas
b'Texas has brazenly - or boldly, depending on your point of view - thrown down a gauntlet on abortion with their new law purporting to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.\\xa0 The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to the law prior to its effective date, so the nation holds its breath wondering where abortion rights, long treasured by many, will head.\\xa0 Meanwhile, the law deputizes the citizenry and takes enforcement out of the hands of state officials.\\xa0 What\\u2019s going on?\\xa0 Is this vigilantism?\\xa0 Is this a rogue, unconstitutional adventure?\\xa0 Is Roe v. Wade dead already?\\xa0 Professor Amar is your guide to what is really happening.'