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When the GOP says they want to ban abortion they mean it. When they say there will be exceptions to protect the life of the mother they are lying. Always have been. They gave you the illusion of an option. Even when you can prove an abortion is necessary they will try and deny you access. Do not believe their lies. https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-judge-allows-woman-get-emergency-abortion-despite-state-ban-2023-12-07/
norrinraddsboard
Imagine being the staff attorney for the AG's office and have to go argue that case. "The plaintiff has not provided sufficient evid....." FUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THAT BS. Fuckling ghouls, the lot of em.
MBdub210
How do Republicans not see that "small government" and "freedom to live as you want" are total lies from their party???? If you are trying to make decisions about my uterus, then I'm not free and your government isn't small. Assholes.
Totallynotarealbear
"its just a state ban! you can go to another state to get an abortion!" *immediately passes laws preventing travel out of state for abortions* "the law makes exceptions for incest rape, or life threatening problems!" *immediately attempts to prosecute people for abortions for rape, incest, or medical complications* "we have no plans to ban abortion nationwide!" *immediately attempts to ban abortion nationwide* hey guys, im starting to think republicans might be liars!
Ice2Ice2
Paxton keeps proving he is a corrupt imbecile!
newsguycraigevans
This is why you don't vote Republican.
TheAccursedHamster
Can you guys just like... nuke Texas already? Like yeah, untold amounts of lives and all but... kill the cancer.
sparky2212
KEN PAXTON (TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL) MAIN SWITCHBOARD NUMBER: 512-463-2100. Please don't call them to express your outrage. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/contact-us
PithyCommentBelow
What do you think would happen if a huge group started showing up at abortion protests/GQP rallies, etc. with signs that said things like “make these bitches suffer” and “women: we own your bodies” and the like. Think it would make a difference at all?
sadurdaynight
Same TX AG Ken Paxton that's under investigation for securities fraud IIRC. Basically another scumbag rich dude trying to exert control over women. This whole "I should be able to tell someone what they can and can't do with their body" bullshit is getting old. Bodily autonomy should be a basic human right.
rakas90
I know with 100% certainty that anti-abortion people do actually want the women, and babies, to die. It's part of the whole evangelical doomsday movement. They're genuinely convinced that Jesus and the 4 horsemen are gonna show up and take all the "good christians" to heaven and kill everyone else in fire. They want this to happen, so they're actively doing crazy shit knowing it'll kill some non-believers.
bourbonandbaddecisions
Update. She had to flee Texas to receive care. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-texas-ban-7d865cdfd75bdc6b2f4186f4d1e6e8bd
NorthernWeirdo
Texas wants to be Gilead sooooo badly
knightofnarg
"Protect the life of the mother" is a shit standard, while I'd prefer mother's choice, lowest possible bar should be "Quality of life for the mother." The human body can survive a lot of damage, and can live without a number of organs by depending on medical tech as various states carve out exceptions only for 'vital organs'
massholesome
I think the A G needs to know what it feels like to have a coathanger up their ass.
eromitlab
lol at Paxton weighing in on medicine when he doesn't even know the law
Boatsntoes
Fuck can you imagine being forced to have a dead baby inside of you for so long that you die from it. Nice work republicans. Very well done. Fff
GiantFlyingLabia
The only allowed exceptions are for the girlfriends of the politicians who enact and enforce these laws.
BurlRavenscroft
But remember they still believe there are life and death reasons for abortions and it's not their fault doctors are too afraid to perform procedures /s
bourbonandbaddecisions
*Don’t believe their lies.
Raeke
So pro-life that they’ll force this woman to carry a non-viable fetus to term, which she has been told will likely result in an inability to conceive again. Murica.
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
Oh, that's ok. We're gonna be pumping out a lot of unwanted pregnancies in the coming months so I'm sure she can just go get one of those at the local Baby Mart if she still wants one after her uterus is destroyed for the greater good.
CleverGals
Also lies about caring about child welfare. Babies born with those abnormalities, if they make it to term, have short and painful lives.
Totallynotarealbear
well clearly that is gods will! /S
Bollramm
If l had to rate Texas it would be the no star state!
JAPONfan
It's simple. You have a law prosecuting doctor who give abortions. Then no doctor want to give an abortion when there is no 100% sure that the fetus is dead. By which time the mother usually already have sepsis and die. And of course, you can prosecute the doctors later. by that time the women is already dead for years and the case itself will drag for another few.
bourbonandbaddecisions
I’m really curious if the mom does from something the Dr could have treated are they liable for malpractice?
Einstein9073
Don't forget, they can also sue the doctors who let the women die! "You should have saved her life!"
haIucid
Perhaps GOP lawmakers (who’ve made it abundantly clear they hate women) want women to die because they’re more likely to vote blue than red anyway.
kmikl
The prevarication is palpable: Okay, you can *have* and abortion, but you can't *get* an abortion.
Ice2Ice2
fucking stupid what Paxton is doing.
eugene51
Is it too late to abort GOP politicians?
Thornaxe
Legally? Yes. Extrajudicially? No.
Totallynotarealbear
now i am most CERTAINLY not advocating for violence, but hypothetically all it would take is one patriot with an AR-15 rolling up to a republican function and exercising one of his constitutional rights to rid us of this scum for good.
eugene51
Works for me.
Filanwizard
How can the AG legally prosecute if a Judge okayed it?
ArdentSlacker
It's grandstanding. The goal is control and harassment. He can't successfully prosecute. It'd get thrown the fuck out. But he doesn't have to *win* to get what he wants. And half of what he wants is to impress his fellow nazi bastards with how "tough" he is.
EverNotRelevant
He can't. This is the same AG that sued Media Matters after musk threatened legal action.
Zange0
Just so you understand, he's currently facing 99 years in prison for felony fraud and bribery, and as AG has put off his own case for nearly a decade
Zange0
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/02/ken-paxton-prosecutors-securities-fraud-case-pay/
Filanwizard
Geeze I think Jersey is less corrupt and they have the damn Mafia.
Zange0
I should clarify, he's done this by deciding not to pay the prosecutors for his case
MagnorCriol
Here in Texas, our AG isn't exactly concerned about silly little things like "legality" or "constitutionality". Nor are our governor and lieutenant governor, for that matter.
massholesome
I'm in favor of red states leaving. Keep all our blue state money and let them suffer.
Richter12x2
Also, the only way to get a new one is if the existing one runs for a higher office. Then they all rotate one seat to the right and continue.
EverNotRelevant
For further context explaining what a shitbag Paxton is: he just appealed a judge's order to release the Uvalde case files.
bourbonandbaddecisions
Because they don’t want the list of police failures made public?
EverNotRelevant
Maybe, but tbh I think the real reason Paxton is opposing it is, liberals want it. Contrarian, reactionary motherfucker that he is...
EverNotRelevant
https://twitter.com/tplohetski/status/1733156762390307145?
Illithidbane
Since there was no such order filed in 2013, is this automatically thrown out?
EverNotRelevant
Wouldn't that be nice...
Pacaruru
I go through a lot of legal documents as part of my job and you'd be shocked how many of these types of mistakes go unnoticed. I sometimes wonder if it's a deliberate stalling tactic to put a clear typo or omission to get a few extra days to 'cure' the document and then resubmit.
Cabreza
This is AFTER the Texas SC granted her permission to have an abortion too. He’s literally acting against his own state’s court decision.
StellarJay77
Because he's not going directly against the judges order, he's threatening to prosecute the doctor who performs the abortion not the woman who is approved to get the abortion. It's fucking disgusting. Essentially he's saying "oh ya she's allowed to get the abortion but no one is allowed do it for her"
SaintSleepyWeasel
Which is evil on another level to be sure. This is textbook Lawful evil behavior.
Thornaxe
It made its way to the Texas Supreme Court already? I thought it was a pretty low level judge who okayed her abortion and it was promptly appealed.
Cabreza
I made a mistake; district court.
BluePaladin42
I don't think he can prosecute unless the appeal overturns the ruling, but I am also not a lawyer so this is explicitly a guess.
SaintSleepyWeasel
He can appeal but the Supreme Court is supposed to laugh and point at him for being dumb and then deny the appeal. But it is Texas...