Abbott: Texas will 'eliminate' rapists, give victims six weeks to get abortion

[dalton99a]

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-force-rape-victims-to-have-babies-texas-will-eliminate-rapists/

Gov. Abbott: Abortion bill won’t force rape victims to have babies, Texas will ‘eliminate’ rapists

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott weighed in on a burning question related to the state’s recently passed bill banning abortions after six weeks: what about victims of rape?

During a Tuesday press conference, Abbott said the law gives rape victims up to six weeks to get abortion and thusly “does not do that [force victims to have their assaulter’s child].”

“Let’s be clear: rape is a crime,” Abbott said. “And Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.”

The state of Texas has taken a national beating for the passage of Senate Bill 8, which went into effect Sept. 1. Under the law, abortions cannot be performed once a fetal heartbeat is detected — as soon as six weeks, before many women even know they’re pregnant.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. A prince among men.

[leftieNanner]

2. So, Greg, you're saying that a deeply traumatized woman

needs to be proactive after she has been raped?

She has that whole huge six weeks to get an abortion?

Fuck you Abbott. I wish you could experience the horror of rape yourself and find out what it's like.

Again, Fuck You Abbott.

[haele]

6. Not only that, she will probably have to prove she was raped under their definition.

So no parties, no dates, no provocative clothing (whatever that means), and if you're married or in a relationship, it isn't rape because as a woman, you must always submit to the man, donchaknow?

Only stranger assault counts as rape. So long as you aren't wearing tight-fitting or sexy clothes and shoes. That means no high heels!

Texas Evangelicals are hypocritical ass-wipes.


Haele

[berniesandersmittens]

7. That's been proposed in Arkansas

Victims of rape must file charges in order to abort.

[LeftInTX]

12. There is no exception in this law for rape victims

None at all..

Abbott is lying

He's putting lipstick on a pig

[leftieNanner]

19. He's splitting hairs - not exactly lying

He said a woman who has been raped can get an abortion - as long as she does so within that magic 6 weeks.

[LeftInTX]

22. So can a woman who is not raped

[leftieNanner]

23. Precisely! nt

[TreasonousBastard]

3. He gonna catch All the rapists out there? In six weeks?

[C_U_L8R]

4. Is this satire or real life ?

What a fucking asshole.

[Hugin]

5. Okay, Greg, time to put up or shut up.

Pass a rape no-tolerance law defining 'rape' as any sexual act, consensual or otherwise, where the male participant does not wear a condom. Of course, upheld, by the same reporting system and vigilante fine structure as the anti-choice law.

[leftieNanner]

21. Condom Police!

I like it.

Maybe sell them with a bottle of Gorilla Glue.

[Johonny]

8. So good ole fashion shotgun weddings again?

[Wounded Bear]

9. Unless they are handing out morning after pills on demand, this is worse than meaningless...

[Mad_Machine76]

26. And with it being Texas

You can bet your life savings that they won't be

[lame54]

10. No heartbeat at 6 weeks

[LeftInTX]

11. Good gawd......

[Tanuki]

13. Yeah, like a 12-year-old rape victim is going to figure all this out and

do what needs to be done in the space of 6 weeks, especially if she was threatened and intimidated by the perpetrator into remaining silent. Abbott is truly reprehensible.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. There's rape and then there's true rape.

Rape is just if you aren't in the mood and no harm done.

True rape is when you get the shit beat out of you.

I've actually talked to people that believe that.

[Tanuki]

16. According to Todd Akin, "legitimate rape" doesn't result in pregnancy

because the female body shuts it down.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/3001785/todd-akin-legitimate-rape-msnbc-child-of-rape/%3famp=true

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Oh. I forgot about that one.

So if you rape someone violently anough you don't have to worry about them getting pregnant?

These are some really sick fucks.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Abbott has suffered great physical pain and suffering in his life.

People react differently to that. In Abbott’s case he became a sadist. He’s also an imbecile who lacks fundamental understanding of who rapes and the many scenarios in which rape can happen.

[LeftInTX]

25. I doubt that his physical condition has anything to do with his governance

He's an A-hole, who wants power at all costs.
He would do the same if he was able bodied.

[CousinIT]

17. Bullshit. Rape culture is part of the goddamned patriarchy.

It's not going anywhere.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. Well, you have to show those uppity women whose boss. nt

[Luciferous]

24. What a fucking moron

[NickB79]

27. A Texas Democrat needs to introduce a bill making rape a capital punishment

From 20 yr minimum with no parole, up to a death penalty sentence.

Let the pro-life GOP argue against being tough on rapists.

[rickyhall]

28. The man needs mental help.

And ALL men should STFU on this subject. I'm sick & tired men telling women how to be women. You wanna stop rape, Abbott? One word, castration.

[LeftInTX]

30. No he doesn't. He knows it's bullshit. He wants to be re-elected.

He knows that Texas is full of right wing voters who will eat this up.

[onenote]

29. Abbott has been governor since 2015. In 2019, the state had more rapes than any other state.

Abbott not only hasn't presided over the eradication of rape in Texas, he has presided over an increase in the number rapes since he took office.

So the question is: if he has some plan for eliminating rape, why hasn't he implemented it in the 5 plus years he's been in office.

[elias7]

31. They only have 4 weeks, since you're actually 2 weeks pregnant when you get pregnant.

Oddly, the end of the last menstrual period is counted as day 0. Women ovulate mid-cycle, or two weeks after LNMP.