Texas Gov. Abbott defends new abortion law, vows to 'eliminate all rapists'

[AZLD4Candidate]

Source: NBC News through AOL

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended the state's restrictive new abortion law Tuesday, saying it doesn't force victims of rape to give birth and vowing to "eliminate all rapists."

Abbott, a Republican, took questions from reporters Tuesday morning after an event at which he signed a sweeping election bill into law. Asked whether the abortion law would force rape victims to give birth, he said: "It doesn't require that at all, obviously. It provides at least six weeks for a person to get an abortion."

The law, known as Senate Bill 8, went into effect last Wednesday after the Supreme Court didn't act to block it. It bans an abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many people are even aware that they are pregnant. Because pregnancy is measured from the first day of the last menstrual cycle — about two weeks before conception — victims of sexual assault have no more than four weeks to obtain abortions under the new law.

"Rape is a crime, and Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas," said Abbott, who added, "There are services available to support victims of rape in the state to make sure that anybody who's victimized will get the support they need."

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/texas-gov-abbott-defends-abortion-201300646.html

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These are the hills the GOP wants to die on? COVID, voting, and abortion. As I ask on the campaign trail, how do fighting mask/vaccine, restricting voting, and punishing choice put food on the table?

[keithbvadu2]

1. What actions will you take to 'eliminate all rapists'?

What actions will you take to 'eliminate all rapists'?

Whatever you are doing now is not working.

[BradAllison]

2. He'll force all women to wllingly consent.

That's how Texas does things.

[MFM008]

3. he is so ignorant it is sad.

Rape has been here as long as there have been people alive and Texas is going to stop it...........

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. While encouraging white male privilage.

Glad I am not bringing up kids in Texas.....

[monkeyman1]

18. the iq of a house plant !

[LeftInTX]

22. He's not ignorant. He's putting "lipstick on a pig"

His supporters are ignorant...Cue to Right to Life crowd, "All hail Greg Abbott"

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. "Act first, ask questions later."

Between Covid and the male ignorant sweet spot....please carry this policy out.

[rambler_american]

5. YO Governor Abbott

If you can eliminate all rapists why in the actual fuck haven't you done already?

[Grokenstein]

13. To venture a guess

...it's because they won't let him arrest all the immigrants and put them in death camps...yet.
Then all the liberals.
Then...

[OldBaldy1701E]

27. Because then his party would have about ten people in it! (n/t)

[BlueIdaho]

6. This fucking guy

Is too ridiculous to be real. He would be unbelievable as a cartoon villain but as a Governor, he’s complete and total gobscheit.

[underpants]

12. He's trying to out maneuver Desantis for the presumed early lead for the 2024 nomination

Gov Abbott, you aren’t going to get the nomination.

[iluvtennis]

7. What a "tap dance" answer on the question of abortions with regard to a woman being raped...

he said, "It provides at least six weeks for a person to get an abortion". For a "person" to get an abortion - what "person". Per my knowledge, only a woman with a uterus can get pregnant.

And "six weeks", what a joke. Women's bodies aren't well oil machines that work on precision wrt ovulation cycles. Sometimes you're late due illness, stress, fatigue, etc -- not because you're pregnant. Saying any woman would know within 6 weeks is a false hypothesis.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Republican solution!

Weekly Pregnancy tests for all females, aged 12-55. Gotta protect those blastocysts!

[iluvtennis]

11. LOL. 🤣😂😁

[underpants]

14. It also presumes that the decision is an easy one.

Like there’s no struggle at all. Six weeks? What like a reservation at a really great restaurant? Your standing appointment at the hair salon?

[iluvtennis]

15. +++ agree. n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

16. or that women know they are pregnant that early which may be especially hard if

they are traumatized by fucking rape for fuck's sake, fuck this Abbott fuck.

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

21. Transmen...

...can have uteri also.

[robbob]

31. As pointed out in another thread:

It does NOT provide “at least” six weeks. The bill specifically provides “at most” six weeks. The lazy press should have called him out on that.

[iluvtennis]

32. Indeed. n/t

[yaesu]

8. is he getting help from lizard people and space lasers?

[WhoWoodaKnew]

17. We're dealing with total idiots.

[monkeyman1]

19. do TEXAS have a vetting system in place ? screwed up on this clown !

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

20. And he'll do it by...

...redefining 'rapists' as only those men who shout "I'M RAPING YOU!" three times, like Sheldon Cooper knocking on a door.

[AZLD4Candidate]

23. Or it will become self-defense, like when police scream "stop resisting" and "he went for my gun."

As he forcibly spreads her legs, beating her while she's kicking and scream, "STOP RESISTING!" Then he'll claim "she was doing for my penis."

Or else to quote Eminem, he'll claim "she tripped, fell, landed on his (redacted)."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Greg is losing it

Link to tweet

[LiberatedUSA]

25. Does he think rape is a street crime?

A rapist comes walking along, sees a woman he wants to shame and rapes her then and there?

I know a rape victim. Her husband’s friend was over at her house one day, when they were alone, and raped her.

That is how rape goes down you stupid fuck. They aren’t walking around on the streets looking to drag women down alleys.

[ouija]

26. If only

Rapists practiced abstinence.

[Lonestarblue]

28. Abbott is an idiot to us, but his supporters will buy any cockamamie story he invents.

When you’re the governor, it’s easy to hide some statistics. Rapes in Texas will start declining very soon. Most police officers in Texas, especially outside the big cities, are rabid Republicans. They can make the process of reporting rape even more onerous than it already is so that women stop bothering. Already, there is an enormous backlog of rape kits never tested by police sitting on the shelves of police departments around the state.

By the time next year’s election rolls around, I predict at least a 50% decline in rapes in this state, without a single change happening. Republicans don’t have to make good on their promises, they just have to tell their voters they have succeeded. And, voila, it works and they get the vote.

[Paladin]

29. Never believe rape prevention talk from a guy confined to a wheel chair. (nt)

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. He:s been in office since 2015

Why is "eliminating rapes" just now a priority?