You probably won’t see how I labeled what Gov. Perry did anywhere else in the corrupt media. But, the unborn have civil rights too. Liberals however see the unborn as property just like their slave owner ancestors.
Gov. Rick Perry signed into law sweeping new abortion limits Thursday that will outlaw abortions after 20 weeks and force clinics and doctors to meet demanding new standards reports the Dallas Morning News.
“It is a very happy, celebratory day,” Perry said, surrounded by abortion opponents and lawmakers in a Capitol auditorium. “It is our responsibility and duty to give voice to the unborn, the individuals whose survival is at stake. This bill lives up to that responsibility.”
Abortion-rights groups already are pledging to file lawsuits to stop the law. They say it erects unconstitutional hurdles to deny women access to a legal medical procedure.
“This draconian law will make it impossible for many reproductive health practices to provide care to the millions of women living in Texas today, severely limiting — and in many cases completely eliminating — women’s ability to obtain safe and legal abortion services,” said Julie Rikelman at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Perry signed the bill amid tight security. A dozen state troopers kept watch over about three dozen orange-shirted protesters outside the room. The protesters held coat hangers and signs that read “Shame.”
At the end of a first special legislative session in June, the new law was blocked by Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth. Her filibuster catapulted her to national attention.
Perry immediately called the second 30-day special session, giving the Republican-dominated Legislature ample time to push the measure through.
“Governor Perry and other state leaders have now taken sides and chosen narrow partisan special interests over mothers, daughters, sisters,” Davis said in a written statement.
Three provisions will go into effect in October.
Abortions will be banned after 20 weeks of pregnancy — down from the current 24 weeks. Exceptions exist for cases in which the woman’s health is endangered or there is a severe fetal abnormality. Doctors must be present to administer abortion pills. They also must be taken using federal protocols established 12 years ago.
The Texas chapter president of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and other doctors testified that those protocols are no longer considered the best practice by most obstetricians. Both the dosage and method of delivery have changed.
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