Eleven members of the Texas State Legislature have fired off a letter to Sidley Austin, one of many largest legislation corporations within the U.S., threatening the agency and its legal professionals with prison prosecution and disbarment in the event that they in any manner facilitate abortions, even in different states.

The letter, despatched to the Chair of the agency’s administration committee and obtained by TMZ, states the Texas Freedom Caucus — run by the 11 Texas Republican representatives — has develop into conscious Sidley Austin is “reimbursing journey prices of staff who depart Texas to homicide their unborn youngsters.” The Caucus additionally accuses the agency of complicity in performing unlawful abortions.

Rep. Mayes Middleton, the Chair of the Caucus who signed the letter, warns Sidley Austin abortion is a felony in Texas except the mom’s life is in peril.  Middleton notes the legislation covers “drug-induced abortions if any a part of the drug routine is ingested in Texas, even when the medicine had been distributed by an out-of-state abortionist.”

Middleton threatens, if Sidley Austin violates the legislation, the agency and all the companions can be topic to prison prosecution and disbarment.

And possibly essentially the most ominous … the letter says Sidley “might have aided or abetted drug-induced abortions in violation of the Texas Heartbeat Act, by paying for abortions (or abortion-related journey) during which the affected person ingested the second drug in Texas after receiving the medicine from an out-of-state supplier.” The letter goes on to say there may be litigation underway to uncover the identification of the legal professionals who did this. The letter calls for Sidley protect all paperwork associated to any lawyer who principally helped any girl get an abortion after Sept. 1, 2021 — the date the Texas Heartbeat Act was enacted.

The letter goes on to warn the legislation agency and its 2,000 legal professionals … there can be new laws within the subsequent session of the Texas State Legislature that can particularly goal legislation corporations that pay for abortion or abortion-related journey.

The laws would additionally give personal residents the appropriate to sue anybody who pays for an elective abortion carried out on a Texas resident … whether or not they pay instantly or reimburse. It would additionally incentivize residents who carry these lawsuits with a $10,000 bounty in the event that they prevail.

There’s extra … the brand new laws would require the Texas State Bar to disbar any lawyer who violates the anti-abortion legislation. And, if the State Bar refuses to behave, then members of the general public can sue the State Bar and get a decide to require the Bar to disbar the offending lawyer.

And in case there are any D.A.’s who will not implement the legislation … the proposed laws would give any D.A. within the State the appropriate to prosecute even outdoors their jurisdiction.