Texas legislators considering making abortion potentially punishable by death

[cynatnite]

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who undergoes an abortion procedure to possibly be charged with capital murder -- a crime punishable by death in Texas.

House Bill 896, introduced in the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee, would remove the exception in the penal code for criminal homicide that applies to women and medical professionals and allow them to be charged with murder of an unborn child.
The measure would be a blanket ban on abortion procedures in the state, allowing the state to enforce the bill "regardless of any contrary federal law, executive order, or court decision." The landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade affirmed the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/10/politics/texas-legislature-abortion-bill/index.html

It's unlikely to go anywhere, but the fact that they're talking about this openly and advocating the killing of women is frightening as hell.

I feel like women have a target on their backs and more will be too frightened to even ask about abortion.

[liberal N proud]

1. All new meaning to pro-life

[LuvNewcastle]

2. If you accept fetuses as people, it's only logical

that you would consider it murder to kill a fetus. That’s why we should never allow them to get away with calling fetuses babies. A baby doesn’t live in her mother’s body.

[Mariana]

12. Exactly right.

I can't imagine why anyone would be surprised at this.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. ...

[Takket]

7. holy shit... we need to start a findraiser to get this on EVERY billboard in the country

i saw one of those "Calvin pissing" stickers the other day. He was pissing on the board "liberals."

lovely.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. And he's a drummer too. Nice.

Little, tiny, drummer boy?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. This from the so-called christians.

[Mariana]

13. Of course they're Christians.

Where do you think these people get the idea in the first place, that abortion is murder, and that women who obtain abortions are murderers? They learn it in their Christian churches, of course.

[marlakay]

5. I am sorry but as a woman

This makes me want to kick all men out and let us run things for awhile.

My younger daughter had an abortion 20 yrs ago it was a tough decision and I can’t imagine killing her for it. She actually was the one who changed me, I was pro life and changed to pro choice because I couldn’t live with the thought of calling it murder. It opened my eyes.

Sounds like these leaders need to wake up.

[struggle4progress]

6. "Here in the heart of Texas, we're always looking for new excuses to kill folk!"

[smirkymonkey]

8. From the pro-life people!

What hypocrites. They don't care about fetuses, they hate women. This is so sick!

[UTUSN]

9. It just doesn't stop. "unlikely to go anywhere" - in *this* environment?!1

[KentuckyWoman]

11. How the actual fuck is death penalty pro life.

Incredible.