Texas House greenlights ‘bounty hunter’ abortion pill ban
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
State Rep. David Lowe, a Republican from North Texas who was wearing a big “ABORTION IS MURDER” pin on his lapel, made a speech before the vote explaining that he was abstaining from the vote because he doesn't think HB 7 goes far enough. Exempting women from liability means it denies “equal protection” to all fetuses. Lowe instead supports a bill that would equate abortion to murder and open up women to life imprisonment or the death penalty.
“Bills like this do everything but abolish abortion,” Lowe said. “They provide a way to say we’re winning on the issue while preventing it from being solved.”