Abbott said the state will "eliminate rape" so victims won't have to have their rapist's baby...

[Nevilledog]

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Y'all are missing the point on this: When he says TX will "eliminate rape", what he's saying is they're going to redefine the concept so they can claim it's not happening.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will "eliminate rape" so victims won't have to have their rapist's baby under the state's new abortion restrictions.

https://trib.al/oo3qoUu
12:25 PM · Sep 7, 2021

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-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.

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[elleng]

1. That'll go far!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. This is the worst kind of joke. He is an IDIOT.

He's going to get rid of rapists just like they'll stop all abortions.

Oh suuuuure.

[brush]

3. That's about it. Re-define rape as the victim is lying, because...

the state can't stop rapes from happening.

These republican governors have gorged themselves on power so much they think they can get away with anything.

[Greybnk48]

4. This is when my inner dark side starts wishing someone

would rape Governor Assbag, just so we could say "there's no such thing little boy."

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. Isn't Texas #1 in unprosecuted/acquitted rapists? Something like 15,000 assaults/yr? Nt

[raging moderate]

6. THAT'S NOT A HEARTBEAT!

What the Texas law calls a fetal heartbeat is not a heartbeat, not at all! There is no heart yet at six weeks, so there is no heartbeat!
We should never mention that part in print without immediately mentioning the facts, and the ignorant misconceptions of the people who wrote and/or voted for this Texas law.

[LiberalFighter]

30. Absolutely! It is basically a mush at that time.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. "by aggressively going out and arresting them"

So, what he is saying is that this has NOT been a practice in the past, but will NOW become one. FU Abbott.

[TheRealNorth]

8. My prediction is that he is going to say he wants to cut off cocks

Texas already has the death penalty, and this is something that animates the deplorable base.

[Nevilledog]

17. Schlongs are Sacred

[doc03]

9. I remember one Republican saying a women could not

get pregnant from rape. Their body would shut it down somehow. So therefore if you get pregnant you were not raped.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. That was exactly my first thought. They're going to legalize rape now.

[doc03]

12. Rep. Todd Akin (R) said a women can't get pregnant

from a (legitamant rape). So therefore if you claim you are pregnant from rape it was not a legitamant rape. In his mind there is no such thing as rape.

[IBEWVET]

11. No women will have to wear burkas

You know since women cause rape by the way they dress right. (sarcasm)
cover up no rape simple, thats how they would like to do it.

[Fullduplexxx]

13. Just a bunch of lyin' bitches setting up men

[Me.]

14. Taking Their Cue From China?

“Prosecutors in China have dropped a case against an Alibaba manager accused of sexually assaulting an employee, saying he committed “forcible indecency” but that it did not constitute a crime.

In August a female employee of the e-commerce giant posted a lengthy statement accusing a manager of raping her during a business trip, and claiming that management at the company did not take her complaint seriously. Alibaba pledged to cooperate with a police investigation, fired the manager, and suspended other employees.

However on Monday evening the People’s Procuratorate of Huaiyin District in Jinan City said that after reviewing the case it had decided not to approve the arrest. It said the investigation had determined the man had committed forcible indecency – a term which includes sexual assault – but that it did not constitute a crime, and the investigation was terminated.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113812607

[yardwork]

15. Most rapes don't occur "on the streets."

In one statement Abbott ignores the reality of most rape dynamics AND pushes a racist fear-mongering myth about "rapists on the streets."

[marble falls]

16. The man's a talking sphinctor.

[lame54]

18. All the rapists will...

Freeze to death next winter

[Chainfire]

19. If he he going to eliminate rape, perhaps he should use the same technique on

Murder, robbery, arson.

[PortTack]

20. This is a borowitz post..right?

[Wingus Dingus]

21. So you're saying you could have stopped all rapes from happening all this time, but didn't?

Why are you only pulling out this magic power NOW?

[Shermann]

22. I guess they're going to arm all the women?

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a potential rape victim with a gun!

[Mossfern]

23. I can imagine him saying

"Well, we got the last rapist, job well done guys."

That's because, we know that in Texas there are a finite number of sexual assaulters.

[roamer65]

24. Texass will just declare that it wasn't rape, it was consensual.

No more rape, therefore the fetus has to be carried to term.



Fuck this theocratic bullshit.

[milestogo]

25. So, by definition, there is no such thing as non-consensual sex. Does that include minors?

[pansypoo53219]

26. ignore incest of course.

[struggle4progress]

27. Awesome! Can Texas eliminate murder and manslaughter, too, while they're at it?

I have a whole wish list! Please eliminate drunk driving and accidental shootings and heroin sales!

[budkin]

28. That should be his campaign slogan next year

WE'VE GOT A WINNER!

[OilemFirchen]

29. I'm sure that this has been asked already, but...

in the interim, can the rapist report the "criminal" abortion and pocket his $10K?

[deizo]

31. Keep talking Abbott there will be a historic blue wave midterm in 2022!!

[Texasgal]

32. PFFT!

Maybe they could start by testing literally thousands of rape test kits that are back logged!