Texas on #ExposeCPC day

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Thursday July 04, 2013 · 1:23 AM PDT

2013/07/04 · 01:23

The irony of today... Texas is preparing to protest their House of Representatives from voting 3 anti-choice bills into law (since lovely Rick Perry is quite eager to sign them). Meanwhile it's also the planned well in advance Expose CPCs day. In 2008, there were 67 abortion providers in Texas. Using TRAP laws the state legislature can close all but 5 clinics by requiring that abortions take place in surgical facilities with minimum requirements for hallway width; requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital; as well as ending abortion at 20 weeks instead of 24 (which Roe v Wade made law). Apparently now we can speculate that fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks instead of 24, and some low-IQ politicians believe that male fetuses can feel pleasure and masturbate in-utero meaning that the week limit should be brought down to 16 or less. Read More

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