Texas towns make it illegal to use roads to travel out of state for an abortion.

I'm 56 and want a small government and have ZERO interest in supporting social conservatives.

 

Does that mean you don’t want to meddle with, say - murder, theft, fraud, etc. ?

 

You mean sue her doctor who advised her that her baby, grievously challenged as it is, poses no threat to her health ? Put another way, sue her doctor because she didn’t hear what she wanted to hear ?

 

Texas legislature is approx 70% male & avg age 57



2023 Texas Legislature to be older, more male-dominated than state’s population

 

Clearly not. I don’t want government wasting time on drag shows, for example, and criminalizing behavior that politicians don’t agree with.

 

What do Republicans have to gain by "control" here?

Abortion as an option is a convenience for everyone male or female outside the womb, so what exactly is the malicious motive here?

Maybe, just maybe, their goal is actually preserving life, even though I think laws like this make for bad policy. It shouldn't be a crime to cross state lines to do something in another state that is entirely legal in that state.

Even if you disagree with it, the pro-life stance is one rooted in principle, because abortion will always be a tough sell, not because it isn't immoral, but because the primary victims of abortion are people who can't speak and can't vote. It's convenient for everyone else.

 

No, I was asking about citizens of Texas potentially suing the out-of-state doctor that she's traveled to see.

 

Why is it so many of your comments remind me of messages found on strips of paper baked inside Chinese fortune cookies?

 

My bad.

 

I think you mentioned before that it was my penchant for responding to snark with snark (but being in the minority while doing it) that causes you to grind your teeth.

 

I can only defend the intent.

To me, the policy is only justified by an ends justify the means mentality. In other words, we're going to try and save as many fetuses as we can even if it means broadening the scope of our state's authority to an unreasonable degree... because it's all worth it in the interest of protecting life. That's a dangerous mentality to have, however, and we certainly can't have every state thinking that way or everything becomes a legal mess.

What next? Is Texas going to lock people up for smoking weed in Amsterdam or seeing an escort in Vegas?

 

Your snark goes to 11. Though entertaining at times I generally find it more an irritant. Usually best ignored, as one would be better served in ignoring a persistent irritating itch.

 

I think some of this is just a cynical demographics game.

Deter the hardcore pro-choicers from living in Texas because those folks tend to vote Democrat.

 

Who?

 

I don’t believe in contagion. So I suspect your itch is a personal problem.

 

I have read, but cannot confirm, that Kate Cox is a prop for people who are groping for an emotionally charged means to overturn Texas abortion law.

After all, is there anything wrong with the existing law ? Does it not allow for abortions for mothers at risk ?

It’s not like it hasn’t happened before. Check, it’s not like it’s not standard practice.

 

Yes you would. lol.

People act like if they were around during actual slavery they would've been leading the emancipation efforts. Odds are, you would've been doing exactly what you're doing now. Maybe you have a particular cause that you devote your time to, but apart from the occasional small donation or virtue signaling to your buddies, you probably wouldn't have done shit.

 

Odds are your opinion isn’t relevant. I don’t think slaves are being legally murdered in the US today so my conscious is clear. He believes babies are being legally murdered. What a wuss he is to stand by.

 

They never have an answer for this question.

They immediately resort to the most sympathetic circumstances or non-existent hypotheticals to justify the general rule.

Which should tell you all you need to know about the general issue on the merits. And with respect to that, it's popular because the only people capable of having an opinion on it can't be aborted, but it's wrong because you're ending a life.

 

And of course the great irony here is that Texas law AND ruling are not going to kill anybody.