- State legislators stayed up well into the morning hearing emotional testimony about a proposed abortion ban.
House Bill 896 would criminalize abortion and classify it as a homicide. Women who have abortions could be sentenced to the death penalty.
How essentially one is okay with subjecting a woman to the death penalty for the exact… to do to her the exact same thing that one is alleging that she is doing to a child,” said State Rep. Victoria Neave, a Democrat from Dallas.
“I think it’s important to remember that if a drunk driver kills a pregnant woman, they get charged twice. If you murder a pregnant woman, you get charged twice. So I’m not specifically criminalizing women. What I’m doing is equalizing the law,” said State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a Republican from Arlington.
The hearing in the House Judiciary Committee wrapped up at 3 a.m. Tuesday.
The bill now goes before the full Texas House for debate.
quatraine on April 10th, 2019 at 15:50 UTC »
That’s ok, we have the highest maternal mortality rate too. So the death penalty applies even if you follow through with the pregnancy! Death to all women!!! 👍🏼
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2016-09-09/texas-maternal-mortality-rate-soars/
bertiebees on April 10th, 2019 at 15:44 UTC »
I wonder if this includes when their mistress needs to have a "special appointment".
LadyOfAvalon83 on April 10th, 2019 at 15:25 UTC »
So what happens if being pregnant is such a danger to a woman's health that a doctor thinks she should have an abortion or the pregnancy will kill her?