Abbott announced anti-abortion intiative, targets Planned Parenthood
Gov. Greg Abbott announced an anti-abortion initiative Friday in response to last month’s undercover videos which showed Planned Parenthood representatives discussing the legal practice of harvesting tissue from aborted fetuses. The announcement signals a continued effort to restrict abortions in Texas.
Abbott’s initiative, dubbed LIFE, spells out a broad legislative effort to further penalize doctors who violate laws governing the procedure in Texas, one of the most restrictive states. It also signals the governor’s goal to wrest state and federal funding of Planned Parenthood completely, even though by law public money cannot pay for abortions.
The governor’s announcement is the latest reaction to videos released last month by the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress, which showed a Planned Parenthood doctor in California discussing how some clinics harvest and donate tissue from aborted fetuses — a legal practice so long as tissues aren’t sold for profit.
“Gruesome – and potentially illegal – harvesting of baby body parts by Planned Parenthood cannot be allowed in Texas,” Abbott said in a statement “Treating unborn children as commodities to be sold is an abomination. The barbaric practice of harvesting and selling baby body parts must end.”
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/abbott-announced-anti-abortion-intiative-targets-p/nnSsf/
Cross-posted in LBN.
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