Calls for even stricter abortion laws in first Texas GOP convention since Roe's overturn

[RandySF]

SAN ANTONIO — Before the big showy parts of the Texas Republican Party convention, there is a lot of work being done to set the stage for the next two years of the state GOP’s agenda.

That work is done late into the night with the meetings of the Republican Platform Committee and the Legislative Priorities Committee, where John Segal held up his smart phone and waived it in the air over his head to the committee members.

“Everybody has this — you have an abortion clinic within arms reach,” Segal said. “This is the new tactic of the enemy. To get women to go online and it will be in your home, in your mailbox, in your dorm by the weekend. Most of the 10,000 delegates that are going to be here this weekend don’t know that. So we need your help. We need abortion and stopping abortion and going after these illegal abortion sites high up on the list.”

Segal and other pro-life delegates were facing the competition of other conservative priorities like more border security, public school vouchers and the elimination of property taxes.



https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2024-05-24/calls-for-even-stricter-abortion-laws-in-first-texas-gop-convention-since-roes-overturn

[Demovictory9]

1. Another speaker pointed out that in the United States, there is the right of freedom of movement, and this couldn't be e

Delegates acknowledged that the current state abortion ban is failing because many are able to travel to other states where there is abortion freedom.

Attendees at the state Republican convention in San Antonio in May 2024.
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Attendees at the state Republican convention in San Antonio in May 2024.
"I’d like to speak that that — the situation we are in in the State of Texas is women are being transported out of Texas most times in a crisis situation where people are aiding and abetting," said Patrick Van Dohlen.

The delegate is seeking a law that would prohibit out of state travel for obtaining an abortion. Another speaker pointed out that in the United States, there is the right of freedom of movement, and this couldn’t be enforced. Another delegate said that doesn’t matter.

“We are saying that if you do go across state lines to commit murder of the unborn, you come back and an investigation determines its so, you can be brought up on charges.”

[Volaris]

2. 'Its online...'this will be how they argue for the comstock act,

That this SC will agree with.
And then large corps like amazon and drug companies will throw an absolute fit, and THEN this nonsense and the loons who passit will start to get slapped back down to under their rocks.

[Iris]

4. "being transported" - like an inanimate object

[Takket]

3. to be clear Segel just referred to anyone providing reproductive care to women as "the enemy"

just appreciate how fucked up that is

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. The elimination of property taxes..

How in the Sam hell do Texas MAGAts expect to finance State services such as Public Works, public services, public schools, etc? There is no State Income taxes in Texas. A regressive Sales Tax on everything then?

Texas does not have an individual income tax. Texas does not have a corporate income tax but does levy a gross receipts tax. Texas has a 6.25 percent state sales tax rate, a max local sales tax rate of 2.00 percent, and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 8.20 percent.