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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.'We have to be heard': Texas women travel to seek abortions
By SEAN MURPHY SHREVEPORT, La©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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bass4funk
Well, Texas made its decision, so if women as so bent on wanting to get an abortion, just go to a state that allows it, the people in Texas overwhelmingly have spoken.
bass4funk
I know you didn’t say that with a straight face.
In the way this government is doing now by exceeding its constitutional role and power?
That goes both ways.
bass4funk
Yeah, the liberal tries to continuously tell us this, but we know the real truth in this state
plasticmonkey
The liberal?
Well, let me tell you this. One of my cousins works with someone who is married to the Almighty, and according to the Almighty, the near majority of Texans are on the wrong side of the moral argument here.
SuperLib
Same question as before: Do conservatives here support the law as it's written? Including rape and incest?
If not, why are you fighting for it?
bass4funk
Anyway, let’s get back to reality, the Dems are not going to change what the majority of Texans want, too bad, tough, deal with it. But there are other states that can perform the procedure if that’s what a woman thinks she needs to do.
There is always and exception to the rule.
SuperLib
Do you support the law as it's written?
Strangerland
Or vote out the current government and choose someone who is better.
We'll see just how many women in the state the governor has made angry by telling them what they're allowed to do with their bodies.
bass4funk
Yeah, the left keeps perpetuating that myth
They can in another state. No worries.
Different, I’m not taking a developing life
Not true, there’s always an exception in those cases
bass4funk
I support the law, but that doesn’t mean exceptions should be overlooked
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
No they're not. There are no exceptions for rape or incest under this law.
Express sister
Exceptions are overlooked. So do you support the law or not?
Express sister
The fact of the matter is that if you support this law then you think that a woman getting pregnant after her father rapes her means that she should be forced to carry that baby to term. It is a grotesque position to hold. But if you support this law, it is one that you hold.
Note that I am not accusing anyone in particular. But I am saying that the inevitable consequence of this law is that a woman, or even an underage girl, who is raped by a relative will be forced to bear that child.
That's what supporters of this law want.
Supporters of this law are deviants.
bass4funk
Nonsense, there’s always an exception, the law is not absolute and is not immune from being challenged in such cases.
Express sister
There are not. That's the entire point of this law.
bass4funk
I gave the answer already.
That is not the case and again, you can go to another state and get an abortion or better yet, give the child up for adoption.
Many of us feel the same about those that don’t support it.
bass4funk
No, there is always an exception to the law. I read it in its entirety. Don’t believe the left hype.
Express sister
I cannot believe that you do, because it would mean you support forcing underage girls to be forced to give birth to a child created by rape from a relative.
Why should you have to go to another state? Poor people can't do that easily. I know the right despise the poor, but surely, surely you have sympathy for a girl who has been raped by a relative? Don't you? You accept that rape and incest should be exceptions (even though in Texas they're not), so why not make it easy for them to access these exceptions? Why make it prohibitively expensive and difficult?
If I dropped you in the middle of the Mojave with no food or water, I could say, "just go to the supermarket". That's an option that's not really an option. That's what this law does for rape victims.
Because we don't think that girls raped by a relative should be forced to bear their child?
SuperLib
Fair enough.
bass4funk
I do though
Because Texas decided.
I don't do hypotheticals
I never said, nor implied that.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Then prove it. Prove there are actual exceptions in the law. There aren't. www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/09/26/texas-gov-abbott-still-refuses-to-add-rape-and-incest-exemptions-to-abortion-law/amp/
Also, I'd like to point out that your insistence that there are exceptions sounds oddly pro-choice.
bass4funk
Yeah, well I am pro-life.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
lmao How are you pro-life when you support exceptions to abortion bans in instances of rape and incest? Are some lives just worth less? Are some lives okay to abort? Yes or no.