Texas GOP Wish List Includes Death Penalty for Abortion Patients | Common Dreams
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"We're talking about the official priority list of the governing party of the second-most populous state in America," said one advocate and author.
    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      They’re not even talking about fetuses. They’re taking about Zygotes and blastocysts. They want the moment of fertilization to start life.

      Imagine how many women they’re going to have to kill when they find out how many fertilized eggs aren’t born.

    • Terrasque@infosec.pub
      2·
      10 months ago

      She’s a witch, get h… Whisper whisper really? Whisper whisper whisper oh, sorry, wrong page. Pulls out new page

      She’s an abortion patient, get her!

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
    6·
    10 months ago

    Conservatives get the most abortions, so this is a real daffy duck moment for them.

    • bilboswaggings@sopuli.xyz
      40·
      10 months ago

      Forcing an unwanted birth doesn’t lead to a fulfilling life for the parent or the kid

      We should also start penalizing people who have miscarriages right? Since that is essentially manslaughter then (I hope you get that this is a joke, just like your stance on abortion)

      • Etterra@lemmy.world
        22·
        10 months ago

        They’re already trying to outlaw miscarriages, and effectively have outlawed it in at least one place because of the overlap in how similarly the procedures technically work.

        They’re not pro life. They’re not even pro birth. They’re pro control over women. They’re still salty that women can vote.

          • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
            2·
            10 months ago

            lol! Holy shit and so random. I doubt you knew me on DAoC, but I was on Hibernia/Nimue when you all played Midgard.

            I played a Lurikeen nightshade name Cyno and then a Celt valewalker named Chaka. I was in smaller guilds mostly, but TPG did recruit me for a short time.

              • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
                2·
                10 months ago

                Such a small world, even on the internet! I’ve only ever seen this name and spelling this way from gaming and thought I’d ask.

                Things are great for me! In my 40s, but still feeling young. Can’t game as much because married with kid and dogs, but I do from time to time. Getting hard to be competitive without those twitch reactions. Ha!

                How about yourself?

    • Phoenixz
      25·
      10 months ago

      By that logic, so is jerking off. Hell, sex us murder because millions of seeds will die without being able to have a full, fruitful life…

      Hell, not jerking off is a death penalty crime because your body will kill and reabsorb millions of sperm cells!

      Should we all get the death penalty now?

    • Furbag@lemmy.world
      21·
      10 months ago

      And state sanctioned killings are not?

      You people have very flexible morals when it suits you.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
      102·
      10 months ago

      With the population growing the way it is, we should honestly be encouraging more abortions.

      • Varven@lemmy.world
        252·
        10 months ago

        Mars exists for a reason and earth can hold up to about 11b people and for miscarriage it’s not like abortion where you take medication and it kills the baby miscarriage is smth that happens that no one can prevent if it happens

        • dovahking@lemmy.world
          191·
          10 months ago

          Mars is not your backyard that by planting a patch of grass and watering it will turn the whole planet into a lush grassland. And speaking of abortion, how many orphans have you adopted so far?

        • Breezy@lemmy.world
          121·
          10 months ago

          Yeah no matter what some rich assholes want to convince everyone, 8 billion is already to much. Imagine every city becoming 25 percent more crowded everywhere. Just no.

        • medgremlin@midwest.social
          3·
          10 months ago

          The laws criminalizing abortion also effectively criminalize miscarriages because of the way they investigate things and the fact that dilation and evacuation/curettage is frequently needed for miscarriages that occur after 10 weeks or so. The conservatives in question will refuse to accept that the fetus died in utero without any intervention and prosecute women that have to have dead fetal tissue removed to prevent sepsis, save their lives, and preserve future fertility if that’s what they want.