Texas Republican introduces abortion "heartbeat ban" HB 59

[northnut]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

I would say it's higher because Democrats don't have standards. You guys are all over the place.

2000-2008 "Indefinite detention is bad and unconstitution"

2008+ "Oh it's not so bad, I guess"

What is this in referral to?

[Sally_Sparrow]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

Whart can you expect from a state that organizes a day of prayer to make it rain? They're living in another century.

Well, not all of us anyway. My Texan ancestors, for generations back, were conservative and religious but I still they'd be shocked if they were alive today with the nuttiness that seems to govern our state government.

[urbanlife78]

I see the Texas Republicans are trying really hard to turn the state blue in the next election.

[MJJersey]

Not sure why anyone would oppose this. If you want an abortion, just go RU486. No heartbeat-no problem.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

What do you think of recreating the heart using stem cells?

I think it's unrelated to the issue of abortion.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by northnut

It's not a child.

Sure, because the same US Supreme Court that decided blacks were not human have also decided that fetuses are human but not persons.

Do you honestly believe a fetus is not a child one day and a child the next day?

The language of legalized abortion twists logic into a sailor's knot.

Everyone who supports abortion knows that a child's life is taken with every abortion.

Legally declaring a class of people to be non-persons is the stuff of totalitarian regimes that eliminate populations as a matter of state policy.

Remember, the Jewish Holocaust began with the T-4 program used to eliminate unproductive and unwanted citizens.

The arguments used to justify that program then are the same ones used to rationalize abortion on demand today.

[Seabass Inna Bun]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

Not sure why anyone would oppose this.

They don't hate freedom like you do, maybe?

[Kibby]

Originally Posted by pknopp

It will never withstand the supreme court.

It won't have to "withstand the supreme court" - did anybody read this?
These 3 things would have to happen before the "law" could take effect

(1) the United States Supreme Court has issued a
decision overruling Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973);
(2) any other state or federal court has issued an
order or judgment restoring, expanding, or clarifying the authority
of states to wholly or partly prohibit or regulate abortion under
the United States Constitution; or
(3) an amendment to the United States Constitution
that restores, expands, or clarifies the authority of states to
wholly or partly prohibit or regulate abortion has been adopted.

The Hysteria about Texas is amazing. I'm pretty sure that all States have CongressCritters that introduce nutty bills that never go anywhere at all (which is exactly what will happen with this).
Turns out that a couple of States have actually passed this bill - but of course, they are not the Scary/Evil Texas - so nobody ever published threads about them.

The Texas legislature is on break until July 25. It is unclear if the new bill will be heard in this session, which is the second special session of this legislative year.

The Texas Legislature will NOT hear this bill when it returns from break - the Governor stipulates what can be heard in a Special Session and this is not on the list.
As usual - Much ado about nothing.