A Texas doctor who wrote an op-ed claiming he violated the state's six-week abortion ban now faces a lawsuit brought against him under the ban
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.
RELATED: Texas doctor says he violated the state's strict new abortion lawIn 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. Read More"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.This story is breaking and will be updated.
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