WaPo (pay wall)
Texas governor signs abortion bill banning procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday signed legislation banning abortions in the state as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, a measure slammed by critics as one of the strictest and most extreme measures in the nation and hailed by antiabortion supporters as a landmark achievement.
The Texas bill known as S.B. 8, described as a “heartbeat ban” abortion measure, prohibits the procedure the moment a fetal heartbeat has been detected. By banning abortion after the six-week mark, many women in Texas who are not even aware they are pregnant will not be allowed to get the procedure done in the state. The bill, which goes into effect Sept. 1, does not include exceptions for women impregnated as a result of rape or incest, but offers a provision for medical emergencies.
Abbott, who had publicly offered his support of the bill, celebrated what he deemed a victory for Texans while surrounded by Republicans gathered to watch him sign the proposal in Austin: “The heartbeat bill is now law in the Lone Star State.”
The piece goes on to describe the gruesome details of a religiously diseased constituency's attempt to impose their shitty paranoid freedom-hating woman-hostile rules on everybody but themselves.
Some things to keep in mind:
- These stoopid laws do not stop abortions - they just make abortions unsafe
- These stoopid laws do not stop abortions for anyone with the price of a plane ticket
- These stoopid laws just make it harder for poor people to get ahead
So here it is again:
eggs ain't chickens
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caterpillars ain't butterflies
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ain't nuthin' goin' on in my daughter's uterus
that's any of your fuckin' business
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