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Related: About this forumGovernor Abbott’s “LIFE” Initiative is Outrageous—and Pointless
On Friday, Governor Greg Abbott unveiled his latest attack on Planned Parenthood called the LIFE initiative in response to a series of heavily edited videos that strongly imply that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates are profiting from the sale of fetal tissue.
Through this LIFE initiative, Abbott wants to:
Eliminate all taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood
Further expand the availability of adoption services so people can better understand their options
Make it illegal for abortion doctors to alter procedures to preserve fetal body parts
Criminalize any exchange of fetal tissue for any purpose whatsoever
Here are my top two reasons why Governor Abbotts LIFE initiative is outrageous:
Read more: http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/30991/governor-abbotts-life-initiative-outrageous-pointless
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(4,695 posts)interrupted their care and curing. The state did not replace the treatment with Texas Health Insurance, State Medicaid or the Medicaid Expansion under ACA.
Senator Cornyn seems to not want to shut down the federal government over PP funding.
Senator Cornyn seems to not want to advise Abbott to Expand Medicaid under the ACA.
And Cruz is certainly for shutting down the American federal government and could care less about poor women receiving life saving medical care.
LIFE supporters need to be remembered at election time, especially on the voting ballott.