Posted on Nov 15, 2021
How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/15/ [login to see] /texas-abortion-law-harm-sexual-assault-survivors
The SAFE Alliance in Austin helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Back before Texas' new abortion law went into effect, the organization counseled a 12-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father.
The SAFE Alliance in Austin helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Back before Texas' new abortion law went into effect, the organization counseled a 12-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father.
How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest
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It's hard to keep up with what The Republic of Texas is up to from day to day.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel can't say what should happen to the father...
..."Anti-abortion movement has a tightening hold on state legislatures
Meanwhile, even as some state legislatures have been increasing the restrictions on abortion, the public views have really remained quite stable," Joffe says, with a sentiment that abortion should be allowed in cases of rape and incest. "The kind of restrictions we are seeing are the product of growing power in state legislatures of the anti-abortion movement," she says.
In 2019, a coalition of anti-abortion groups sent letters to national Republican Party officials following the passage of a controversial abortion law in Alabama. In it, groups asked GOP leaders to "reconsider decades-old talking points" regarding exceptions for rape and incest."...
..."Anti-abortion movement has a tightening hold on state legislatures
Meanwhile, even as some state legislatures have been increasing the restrictions on abortion, the public views have really remained quite stable," Joffe says, with a sentiment that abortion should be allowed in cases of rape and incest. "The kind of restrictions we are seeing are the product of growing power in state legislatures of the anti-abortion movement," she says.
In 2019, a coalition of anti-abortion groups sent letters to national Republican Party officials following the passage of a controversial abortion law in Alabama. In it, groups asked GOP leaders to "reconsider decades-old talking points" regarding exceptions for rape and incest."...
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SFC Jim Ruether
I think if they find you guilty of incest or rape you should be sent straight to the gallows or any suitable Oak or Pecan tree and hung from your neck until dead.
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SFC Jim Ruether
It worked for frontier justice out on the Northern Plains of Texas and I think it can work now.
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SFC Jim Ruether - it certainly would make the rapist think twice... although that's not the way our justice system works. Vigilante justice happens where none is due. Thanks for your comment... you're discust mirrors mine.
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