Gov. Greg Abbott used pandemic as cover to ban abortions in Texas, former Planned Parenthood head

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Greg Abbott used pandemic as cover to ban abortions in Texas, former Planned Parenthood head says

by Stacy Fernández, Texas Tribune


Cecile Richards, a leading abortion rights activist, accused Gov. Greg Abbott of using the coronavirus pandemic as a guise to end abortion access in Texas.

The Texas native, who is a co-founder of women’s advocacy group Supermajority and the former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, made the comment in an interview during The Texas Tribune Festival that aired Wednesday.

"I love Texas, but that is an example of a state where they use, and the governor, use the pandemic — a global health care crisis — to try to end abortion access in the state,” Richards said in the interview with Errin Haines, editor-at-large for The 19th*, a nonprofit newsroom that covers the intersection of gender, politics and policy.

During the month-long period when Texas was shut down, top state officials and the courts effectively banned nearly all abortions. That kicked off weeks of litigation.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/16/texas-abortion-access-gov-greg-abbott-planned-parenthood/

[Budi]

1. He certainly did. I am more fearful today than I was yesterday.

They never do anything good for those they govern.