Texas Attorney General has asked the Texas Supreme Court to stop woman from getting medical abortion

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A bounty? the update above says “she let to get an abortion elsewhere”

Just go get it in another state.

how long until people like you say go get it in another country. you're flippantly suggesting someone seek medical care in another state when you don't even know if she can afford an out of town stay.

 

[Based Lord Zedd]

Nah, they said she can't leave the state

Not sure about that, but she did either way:

Cox’s lawyers said Monday afternoon that she had left the state to get an abortion, but did not specify where or when the procedure was occurring. The Center for Reproductive Rights told the Texas Supreme Court that it intended to continue litigating her case, despite Cox no longer seeking an abortion within Texas. A few hours later, the court issued its ruling, overturning the temporary restraining order.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas-abortion-case-woman-flees-state-permission-halted-paused/287-9ad29dbd-c8f7-4da2-8004-657f462432ec

 

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how long until people like you say go get it in another country. you're flippantly suggesting someone seek medical care in another state when you don't even know if she can afford an out of town stay.

It’s states rights fam. I whole heartedly agreed with this becoming a states issue. You are free to choose what states you want to reside in

 

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Republicans are enemies of the state.

Enemies to human life

 

[rantanamo]

It’s states rights fam. I whole heartedly agreed with this becoming a states issue. You are free to choose what states you want to reside in

Idiot. Yes I'm calling you a name. If you don't want to be that, stop being an idiot.

 

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A bounty? the update above says “she let to get an abortion elsewhere”

Just go get it in another state.

Oh I thought she was banned from leaving, but Texas is paying people to drop dime on pregnant women who leaves Texas

 

[Absolut]

Idiot. Yes I'm calling you a name. If you don't want to be that, stop being an idiot.

Do you live in a state that bans abortions?

 

[Wild self]

Nothing to her. She's allowed to leave the state and do it.

The Texas gov't will probably take this as a W. It'll discourage further challenges. It'll also force women who can't leave the state to go through with the pregnancy.

Then the female population would rapidly degrade, and Texas would look like a CAC version of India, where more men than women exist

 

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Oh I thought she was banned from leaving, but Texas is paying people to drop dime on pregnant women who leaves Texas

Some counties in Texas are trying to make it where you can’t even use their roads to travel on while getting an abortion

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Oh I thought she was banned from leaving, but Texas is paying people to drop dime on pregnant women who leaves Texas

They basically legalize bounties to report on anyone who goes to get an abortion. Like $10k or something. They can also dime out anyone who assists the person leaving the state to get one. Like the doc who dimed out the Mexican lady who was under his care cause she was damn near carrying a stillborn child.

 

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Some counties in Texas are trying to make it where you can’t even use their roads to travel on while getting an abortion

I swear, that migration trend headed south with reverse back if they keep this madness up..these backward ass states will lose a lot of young people and professionals looking for actual freedom from Republican policies.

 

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NEW: Abortion bans are fueling domestic violence in Texas.

The leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide, often by an abusive partner with a gun. And Texas is forcing victims to stay pregnant, while making it easier for abusers to get guns.

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I've covered policy impacts on domestic violence victims for years, and when Roe fell I wondered how abortion bans would effect victims especially since pregnancy is such a dangerous time for them.

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After months of reporting, experts tell me initial research shows that DV reports are increasing nationally but we're likely seeing it play out first in Texas.

For a couple of reasons:

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1) TX was the first to severely restrict abortion in 2021, forcing women to stay pregnant nearly a year before Roe fell.

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2) This exposed DV victims to more violence with fewer ways to escape because pregnancy is an extremely dangerous time for victims.

Pregnant+postpartum women are more than twice as likely to be murdered than to die from sepsis, hypertensive disorders or hemorrhage.

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3) TX has the largest rate of gun sales in the country and continues to have lax firearm restrictions.

The state is so firearm friendly that gun rights groups chose it as the testing ground for a SCOTUS case that will determine if domestic abusers get to keep their guns.

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In the last decade, the amount of women shot + killed by an abuser has nearly doubled in Texas.

If SCOTUS sides with gun groups, "lives will be lost,"
@ndvh 's Crystal Justice told me.

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4) The shelters & nonprofits trying to help DV victims navigate this new landscape are put in an impossible bind.

Many are funded by the very institution that enacted + enforces the abortion ban: the state of Texas.

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Survivors + advocacy workers tell me they're terrified that this new normal will lead to more dead women in Texas.

Read more here: How Texas Created A Deadly New Normal For Domestic Violence Victims

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One in three women are in abused in Texas. And the majority of those women in abusive relationships are raped by their partners to get them pregnant and keep them in the relationship.

How Texas Created A Deadly New Normal For Domestic Violence Victims

The leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide, most often by an abusive partner with a gun. And Texas is forcing victims to stay pregnant, while making it easier for abusers to get guns.

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When Your Home State Also Becomes Your Abuser

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-abortion-ban-domestic-violence_n_65dcd9a9e4b005b858312158 When Your Home State Also Becomes Your Abuser The leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide, most often by an abusive partner with a gun. And Texas is forcing victims to stay pregnant...

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Texas GOP Meets Group Suggesting Death Penalty for Women Who Seek Abortions​

Story by Khaleda Rahman

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Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at the Texas State Capitol on October 2, 2021 in Austin, Texas.© Montinique Monroe/Getty Images

Texas Democrats have released a leaked video, saying it shows Texas Republicans supporting the death penalty for women who seek abortions at a meeting held by an anti-abortion group.

The video shows Hood County Constable Scott London, Hood County GOP Chair Steve Biggers and Hood County GOP Chair candidate Greg Harrell attending a meeting held by Abolish Abortion Texas (AATX) in Granbury in January, according to a news release from the Texas Democratic Party.

Newsweek has contacted London, Biggers, Harrell and the Texas Republican Party for comment via email. AATX has been contacted through a contact form on its website.

The video, which was originally streamed on Facebook, was obtained by Hood County Democrats Chair Adrienne Quinn Martin.


"If you want to know where the 'pro-life' movement is headed, watch this," Martin wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a seven-minute video consisting of clips from the meeting.

"Many of our elected officials were in attendance. Including school board, constables and at least one county commissioner. Not one person pushes back or questions an agenda that advocates women possibly receiving the death penalty for abortion, including pregnant minors."

Texas is among 14 states that have banned abortion in almost all circumstances since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. In Texas, doctors who provide an abortion can face criminal charges that carry penalties of up to life in prison. They can also face lawsuits from private citizens, who are empowered to sue a person who helps a woman obtain an abortion. The laws do not threaten the mother with any legal consequences.

The video appears to show Paul Brown, the director of policy for AATX, saying the group wants women who have abortions to be prosecuted for murder. Newsweek has not independently verified the video of the event.

"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, life for life," he said, per the video. "The same penalty for harming or killing a born person is also imposed by God in his law for killing a preborn person."

At another point in the video, he said: "If someone came in here and murdered one of people here, they should be charged with murder. We simply take the exception that currently exists under the Texas penal code that defines murder and then says abortion is not murder, we removed that."

He said women who seek abortions are "real human beings," but that "their lives don't matter more than the babies they are killing."

Several audience members also suggested that pregnant women and doctors who perform abortions should be "held accountable" to the highest extent of the law, according to Texas Democrats.

Brown is heard saying the AATX is against emergency contraception like the Plan B pill, saying that it is used "to terminate or kill a baby prior to implantation—that is an abortion."

He said that IVF should also be considered a form of abortion, saying that those who destroy fertilized eggs are "terminating or destroying a human life."

He said the group would also "never endorse or be OK with abortions in the instance of incest or rape."

Addressing concerns about prosecuting women who seek abortions, Brown said: "No, I don't want any women to have abortions. And the good news is that when you treat abortion like murder, that we should expect it to decrease significantly."

Touting AATX's support of a number of candidates this election season, Brown added: "We have a whole bunch of candidates who are running today who have expressed their willingness to sign on to abolition [of abortion] as well. I am very excited about the upcoming session."

In a statement, Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said: "The fact that Texas Republicans are meeting with people willing to send pregnant women and doctors to Death Row should terrify every person in Texas.

"Make no mistake: Texas Republicans will strip women of their basic healthcare rights and will not stop at just banning abortion. They will punish women and doctors for seeking and performing basic health care, they will ban IVF and they will create a hostile and inhumane state. All of these candidates should be ashamed of themselves. This isn't Texas, but this is the Republican party of Texas."

 

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Texas GOP Meets Group Suggesting Death Penalty for Women Who Seek Abortions​

Story by Khaleda Rahman

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Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at the Texas State Capitol on October 2, 2021 in Austin, Texas.© Montinique Monroe/Getty Images

Texas Democrats have released a leaked video, saying it shows Texas Republicans supporting the death penalty for women who seek abortions at a meeting held by an anti-abortion group.

The video shows Hood County Constable Scott London, Hood County GOP Chair Steve Biggers and Hood County GOP Chair candidate Greg Harrell attending a meeting held by Abolish Abortion Texas (AATX) in Granbury in January, according to a news release from the Texas Democratic Party.

Newsweek has contacted London, Biggers, Harrell and the Texas Republican Party for comment via email. AATX has been contacted through a contact form on its website.

The video, which was originally streamed on Facebook, was obtained by Hood County Democrats Chair Adrienne Quinn Martin.



"If you want to know where the 'pro-life' movement is headed, watch this," Martin wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a seven-minute video consisting of clips from the meeting.

"Many of our elected officials were in attendance. Including school board, constables and at least one county commissioner. Not one person pushes back or questions an agenda that advocates women possibly receiving the death penalty for abortion, including pregnant minors."

Texas is among 14 states that have banned abortion in almost all circumstances since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. In Texas, doctors who provide an abortion can face criminal charges that carry penalties of up to life in prison. They can also face lawsuits from private citizens, who are empowered to sue a person who helps a woman obtain an abortion. The laws do not threaten the mother with any legal consequences.

The video appears to show Paul Brown, the director of policy for AATX, saying the group wants women who have abortions to be prosecuted for murder. Newsweek has not independently verified the video of the event.

"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, life for life," he said, per the video. "The same penalty for harming or killing a born person is also imposed by God in his law for killing a preborn person."

At another point in the video, he said: "If someone came in here and murdered one of people here, they should be charged with murder. We simply take the exception that currently exists under the Texas penal code that defines murder and then says abortion is not murder, we removed that."

He said women who seek abortions are "real human beings," but that "their lives don't matter more than the babies they are killing."

Several audience members also suggested that pregnant women and doctors who perform abortions should be "held accountable" to the highest extent of the law, according to Texas Democrats.

Brown is heard saying the AATX is against emergency contraception like the Plan B pill, saying that it is used "to terminate or kill a baby prior to implantation—that is an abortion."

He said that IVF should also be considered a form of abortion, saying that those who destroy fertilized eggs are "terminating or destroying a human life."

He said the group would also "never endorse or be OK with abortions in the instance of incest or rape."

Addressing concerns about prosecuting women who seek abortions, Brown said: "No, I don't want any women to have abortions. And the good news is that when you treat abortion like murder, that we should expect it to decrease significantly."

Touting AATX's support of a number of candidates this election season, Brown added: "We have a whole bunch of candidates who are running today who have expressed their willingness to sign on to abolition [of abortion] as well. I am very excited about the upcoming session."

In a statement, Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said: "The fact that Texas Republicans are meeting with people willing to send pregnant women and doctors to Death Row should terrify every person in Texas.

"Make no mistake: Texas Republicans will strip women of their basic healthcare rights and will not stop at just banning abortion. They will punish women and doctors for seeking and performing basic health care, they will ban IVF and they will create a hostile and inhumane state. All of these candidates should be ashamed of themselves. This isn't Texas, but this is the Republican party of Texas."

This is madness