Texas state Representative Tony Tinderholt thinks all you women have been a little bit too whore-y for his liking and he introduced a bill to criminalize abortion. Maybe if you face going to prison, you’ll think twice and act a little more responsibly (yes, even you rape victims):
Yesterday, Representative Tony Tinderholt filed HB 948, the Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act.
In May 2016, the Republican Party of Texas passed a legislative priority calling on the Texas Legislature to “Abolish abortion by enacting legislation to stop the murder of unborn children; And to ignore and refuse to enforce any and all federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and court rulings which would deprive an unborn child of the right to life.”
The Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act answers that call by outlawing abortion in Texas.
Tinderholt mansplained his legislation to the Texas Observer:
The Republican lawmaker behind a controversial bill — which could make it legal to charge women and providers with murder for an abortion — defended the proposal by saying completely removing access to the procedure would “force” women to be “more personally responsible” with sex.
State Representative Tony Tinderholt, of Arlington, said in an interview with the Observer that, if passed, the bill would reduce the number of pregnancies “when they know that there’s repercussions.”
Oh—and this bill makes no exceptions:
“I don’t think that there should be any exceptions to murder, no matter what. So, if this child was out of the womb and it was a child that was born out of rape or incest, no one would be OK with killing a child. I look at it like that child is a child in the womb, just like it’s out,” he said.
How easy to look at it that way when you haven’t been the victim or rape or incest! How easy to make such proclamations when your life isn’t at risk. Your future at risk.
Of course, the most effective way to prevent pregnancy is birth control, something Planned Parenthood offers to 1 in 5 U.S. women in their lifetime, but ol’ Tony Tinderholt has gone out of his way to work to defund the largest healthcare provider for women in Texas, "rejoicing" over the vote to defund Planned Parenthood.
These men seem hellbent on punishing 50% of constituents simply for being women. Can you imagine for one minute if a female-led legislature passed bill after bill regulating penises? Of course not! Only yesterday, Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back abortion protections for Americans overseas:
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ban federal money going to international groups which perform or provide information on abortions.
The US president's order shows he "wants to stand up for all Americans, including the unborn," his press secretary Sean Spicer said.
What did we expect? This is a man who openly said women deserve “some form of punishment” for abortion.
Buckle up, ladies. They are trying to drag us back to the dark ages. Are you going to let them? Or are you going to fight like hell? You can start by letting Tony Tinderholt what you think of his bill and his penchant for hurting women. His contact info is below:
Contact and Phone Numbers
Capitol Office:
E1.422
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0624
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-8386
www.house.state.tx.us
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District Office
4381 W. Green Oaks Blvd., Ste. 107
Arlington, TX 76016
(817) 478-5000
(512) 463-8386