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summer_in_TX

(2,739 posts)
5. The GOP in Texas claimed they weren't punishing the woman.
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 11:28 PM
Apr 2022

It's interesting, the language of SB1 says the state can't take action in the situation of a fetus dying because of the action of the mother.

As
@thewindingchain
points out, the Texas murder statute "does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is . . . conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child."

So either the prosecutors are causing trouble, or they're using a different theory here:







OMGWTF

(3,957 posts)
9. Women can't get pregnant without a man, yet the Rs punish only the women.
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 03:26 PM
Apr 2022

Misogyny, pedophilia, corruption, and racism are the Republican party's moral compass.

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