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A Texas state House committee on Monday night devoted several hours to discussing potentially subjecting women to the death penalty if they obtain abortions.
Apparently seeking to capitalize on a political moment in which states have passed some of the most restrictive anti-choice laws in the country since Roe vs. Wade passed in 1973, the state House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing that stretched into the early morning hours on House Bill 896. The proposed legislation would criminalize abortion in the state without exception and would classify the medical procedure as a homicidemaking it possible for women who get abortion care to be executed by the state.exas state House committee on Monday night devoted several hours to discussing potentially subjecting women to the death penalty if they obtain abortions.
Apparently seeking to capitalize on a political moment in which states have passed some of the most restrictive anti-choice laws in the country since Roe vs. Wade passed in 1973, the state House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing that stretched into the early morning hours on House Bill 896. The proposed legislation would criminalize abortion in the state without exception and would classify the medical procedure as a homicidemaking it possible for women who get abortion care to be executed by the state.
Republican state Rep. Tony Tinderholt introduced the bill, saying it would make women more personally responsible.
The proposal includes a specific attack on Roe vs. Wade, noting that state officials would be required to treat abortion as a crime regardless of any contrary federal law, executive order, or court decision.
With opposition even from the anti-choice group Texans for Life and with the committee reportedly reluctant to send the bill to the full House, H.B. 896 is currently unlikely to become law in Texas. But womens rights advocates expressed shock and outrage that the bill was given the states first-ever public hearing on a proposal to classify women as criminals for obtaining abortions.
Supporters of the bill appear to be riding a wave of anti-choice momentum. The hearing was held days after Georgia legislators passed a bill banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when many women dont know yet that they are pregnant.
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WTF? Rise up sisters...its time to go to work!!
riversedge
(70,239 posts)-anything is possible!
Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)Vinca
(50,273 posts)If politicians get to play doctor, that means ALL of us get to play doctor. Women, too. And we say "snip, snip." What the hell is it going to take for Republicans to understand that a person's body is none of their business? If you don't believe in abortion, don't have an abortion. If I believe in abortion, it's none of your business.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Right up to where the Republicans are in Texas and Rise up!! Make some noise.. tell them who is paying their salary .. and telling them to leave us the fuck alone!
Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)child support. Don't they need a little more "personal responsibility" as well?
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)IMO, the reponsibility should be passed around.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)Should be forcibly "fixed", so that there's no possibility that any of them might inadvertently be responsible for a woman dying.
JDC
(10,127 posts)LonePirate
(13,424 posts)slater71
(1,153 posts)Stupid fucking wacko repukes. There is just no answer for this. Maybe a revolution is what it will take to get this country right again.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)That's when they have gone full metal Nazi.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)let's see how that idea flies with the male legislators.
safeinOhio
(32,685 posts)Leave the gonads so the desire is there but no way to act on it. As long as they are looking for punitive punishment.
walkingman
(7,620 posts)forget where they came from. Rice University study says he is the 4th most conservative Rep. in the Texas Lege. Jesus Christ, who are numbers 1-3?
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)snort
(2,334 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)Pregnancy tests will be tracked. Every miscarriage is a potential homicide investigation.
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)there's gonna be a ton of backlash though, stay tuned....
spanone
(135,839 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Albert: That's ridiculous. The doctors are only doing their jobs. Better to kill the mothers. That will stop them. l know, l know. "lf you kill the mother, the fetus dies too." But the fetus is going to be aborted anyway, so why not let it go down with the ship?
Yavin4
(35,440 posts)Or Non-Fiction?
moondust
(19,986 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Tony Tinderholt.
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Married five times. Such a good Christian.
Unfortunately, he wasn't aborted.