Protecting rapists who choose the mother of their child.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defends abortion law, says state will 'eliminate rape'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/08/greg-abbott-says-texas-eliminate-rape-defends-abortion-law/5770204001/
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that he intends to “eliminate rape” in his state, amid criticism that a new law banning abortions at six weeks does not include an exception for victims of rape and incest.
The Texas law is the most restrictive enacted since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Abbott signed the bill into law in May, and the U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled 5-4 against abortion rights groups seeking to prevent it from taking effect.
Asked on Tuesday why the state would force a victim of rape or incest to carry a pregnancy to term, Abbott defended the law.
“Rape is a crime, and Texas will work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. So goal no. 1 in the state of Texas is to eliminate rape so that no woman, no person, will be a victim of rape,” he said Tuesday.
This was back in 2021. Still lots of raping going on in Texas. https://abc13.com/texas-abortion-law-no-exceptions-for-rape-rape-related-pregnancies-roe-v-wade-overturned/14359073/
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/rape-pregnancy-abortion-ban-states
"More than 64,500 pregnancies have resulted from rape in the 14 states that banned abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned, with the vast majority occurring in states that don't make exceptions for rape, researchers estimated today in a leading medical journal."
The message is very clear. Rapists will be allowed to see their babies born at the expense of the health of the rape victim, the state will protect the rights of the rapist. share