Texas GOP Proposes Potential Death Penalty for Women Who Get Abortions
NewsweekMay 21
Texas GOP Suggests Death Penalty for Abortion
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The Facts
The Texas GOP is considering a platform appearing to endorse the death penalty for abortion providers and patients through a law crystallizing the fetal personhood ideology.
Texas delegates at the state's Republican Party convention on Saturday proposed to define abortion as homicide, not healthcare, exempting only non-elective abortions.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Criminalizing women seeking a lifesaving medical procedure reflects a dangerous escalation in the anti-abortion movement. This is both hypocritical and cruel and ignores historical and religious principles of justice.
Republican narrative
The killing of unborn children must not be allowed, and — as decided by the overturning of Roe — it's up to the states to regulate abortions. More US states must follow Alabama's near-total abortion ban and impose severe penalties on doctors who perform the procedure.