A Texas bill would make it possible to put women to death for having abortions Anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washington in January 2019. Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)By Isaac Stanley-Becker April 10 at 5:47 AM
Men and women, young and old, native Texans and immigrants, they rose to ask lawmakers to protect life, describing a “genocide” and foreseeing the arrival of “God’s wrath.”The act of public atonement they are seeking is passage of a bill that would criminalize abortion without exception, and make it possible to convict women who undergo the procedure of homicide, which can carry the death penalty in Texas. Though it faces steep odds of becoming law, the measure earned a hearing this week amid a larger legislative push in GOP-controlled states to curtail abortion rights, in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.
The legislation is the brainchild of state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a Republican of Arlington, Tex., who was placed under state protection because of death threats he received when he first introduced the bill in 2017. The Air Force veteran, who has been married five times, argues that the measure is necessary to make women “more personally responsible.” He said Tuesday that his intention is to guarantee “equal protection” for life inside and “outside the womb.”
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I thought this was a tasteless spoof or “fake news” but it seems to be real. It came to me via the Washington Post daily briefing I subscribe to. I have checked Tony Tinderholt out on Wiki. Unbelievably he is described by Wiki as the fourth most conservative representative in the Texas House. Fourth! Lets hope to goodness none of these people meet up with anyone from ISIS or stoning to death will be the next policy proposal from the lower regions of the GOP.
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