TEXAS ANTI-ABORTION LAWS ARE NOW
LEADING TO MORE WOMEN HAVING
ABORTIONS IN THE SECOND
TRIMESTER.
THIS IS ALL BECAUSE
OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
OF THE ANTIABORTION LAWS PASSED
BY TEXAS BACK IN 2013.
THEY
HAVE MADE ABORTIONS IS SO
DIFFICULT TO GET IN THE STATE
THAT A NUMBER OF CLINICS HAVE
SHUT DOWN, AND OF THE REMAINING
CLINICS THAT HAVE REMAINED
OPEN, THE WAIT TIMES ARE SO LONG
THAT IN SOME CASES WOMEN HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE IN THEIR
SECOND TRIMESTER TO GET THE
ABORTION.
WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES
THE ABORTION MORE COMPLICATED.
"IN SOME CASES, WOMEN HAD TO
WAIT NEARLY A MONTH TO BE SEEN.
IN OTHERS, CLINICS HAD TO TURN
WOMEN AWAY, SINCE THEY HAD NO
AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS.
AS A
RESULT, WOMEN ARE WAITING LONGER
TO HAVE ABORTIONS, RESULTING IN
A LOT MORE SECOND TRIMESTER
ABORTIONS."
THIS CASE IS GOING
TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT.
THERE WAS ONE SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THAT LAW THAT WAS PASSED
IN 2013, THAT STATES THAT
CLINICS HAVE TO HAVE VERY
SPECIFIC FEATURES, ALMOST LIKE A
HOSPITAL.
THE HALLWAYS HAVE TO BE
A CERTAIN WIDTH, THE CEILINGS
HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN HEIGHT,
A LOT OF RIDICULOUS STIPULATIONS
AND NOT A LOT OF CLINICS CAN ABIDE
BY IT.
THE SUPREME COURT IS
GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
THAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
IF THE
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE PROVISION OF
HB2, MANY MORE CLINICS
WILL BE FORCED TO CLOSE,
AND THE NUMBER OF
SECOND TRIMESTER
ABORTIONS WILL DOUBLE.
BEN AND I WERE TALKING IN THE
LAST EDITION OF OLD-SCHOOL ABOUT
SHOUT YOUR ABORTION, WHICH YOU
AND I DISCUSSED ON THE
SHOW LAST WEEK.
I DECIDED THAT
I LOVE THAT IDEA.
FOR PEOPLE TO
SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT
GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED ANYMORE.
YOU MORALISTIC PRICKS THAT GO
AROUND TRYING TO PUT YOUR VALUES
ON US.
I NEED TO HAVE THIS
ABORTION, IT IS A MEDICAL
PROCEDURE AND I DON'T THINK
THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
IF YOU TRY TO DENY ME IT, OKAY
I AM GOING TO HAVE IT IN THE
SECOND TRIMESTER.
THEN YOU ARE
GOING TO CRY EVEN MORE, GOOD,
CRY.
BUT YOU ARE TRYING TO
DENY ME MY LEGAL RIGHTS AS AN
AMERICAN, I AM GOING TO FIGHT
BACK.
IN PLACES LIKE TEXAS, AND
THE RED STATES, UNDERSTAND THAT
VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS HAS
CONSEQUENCES.
IN THIS SHOW WE
ARE PROGRESSIVES, NOBODY IS
CONFUSED BY THAT.
BUT WE ARE
NONPARTISAN IN THAT WE TAKE DOWN
THE DEMOCRATS ALL THE TIME.
WE
OVERLY CRITICIZED HILLARY CLINTON
EARLIER IN TODAY'S SHOW.
BUT THE REALITY IS, REPUBLICANS
BELIEVE ONE THING AND THE
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE ANOTHER THING,
ON SOME ISSUES.
AN ISSUE LIKE
THIS, IF YOU VOTE FOR A
REPUBLICAN, THEY ARE GOING TO
TRY TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS.
YOU MIGHT THINK, GOOD.
AND SOME
WOMEN EVEN THINK THIS, OKAY YES,
YOU SHOULD TAKE AWAY MY RIGHT TO
DECIDE WHAT I CAN DO WITH MY
BODY.
I AM JUST A SILLY WOMAN,
WHAT DO I KNOW?
YOU MAKE THAT
DECISION BASED ON YOUR MORALS,
NOT MY MORALS.
THEY CAST THAT
AS PRO-LIFE BULLSHIT.
ITíS NOT EVEN IN THE BIBLE,
LOOK IT UP.
BUT UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE
VOTING FOR, IT HAS REAL
CONSEQUENCES.
THEY'RE GOING TO PULL DOWN ALL
THESE ABORTION CLINICS, AND
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
REALLY HARD FOR YOU.
IF YOU VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN IN
TEXAS, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
THEY WILL DO.
THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
DOING, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE
TO DO IT UNTIL THEY HAVE
TAKEN AWAY ALL OF YOUR
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN TEXAS.
THEY ARE DISINGENUOUS WHEN
THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS ON
WHAT THE CLINIC CAN BE LIKE
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP THE
WOMEN SAFE.
THAT IS NOT TRUE AT
ALL.
IF THEY CARE ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF THE WOMEN -- FIRST OF
ALL, ALL ABORTION IS A SAFE.
THEY ARE SAFE PROCEDURES, AND AS
LONG AS A DOCTOR IS DOING IT YOU
ARE IN GOOD HANDS.
HOWEVER, IF
YOU WAIT UNTIL YOUR SECOND
TRIMESTER, THE POSSIBILITIES OF
ANY TYPE OF COMPLICATION
INCREASES BECAUSE YOU ARE
FURTHER ALONG IN YOUR PREGNANCY.
THEY ARE ALREADY PUTTING THE
WOMAN'S LIFE IN DANGER BY DOING
THIS, AND ON TOP OF IT THERE ARE
MORE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A
SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION.
THEY
DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT IT
COSTS A LOT MORE MONEY.
THEY
HAVE TO GO SEE A DOCTOR, THEN
HAVE TO WAIT, THEN THEY HAVE TO
GO BACK AND SAY YES I WANT
THE ABORTION.
THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS, THE
MORE WOMEN ARE GOING TO
TAKE MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
THE MORE WOMEN ARE GOING TO
TRY TO DO IT IN THEIR OWN
HOMES, AND IT IS A SCARY
SITUATION, BECAUSE THIS
SO-CALLED PRO-LIFE LAW IS GOING
TO LEAD TO MORE DEATHS.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RAISE
THE KIDS.
AS SOON AS THE KIDS
ARE BORN YOU ARE GOING TO SPIT
IN THEIR EYE.
JUST LIKE BILL
O'REILLY SAID YESTERDAY, THERE
ARE NO HUNGRY CHILDREN.
LITERALLY SAID, THERE ARE NO
HUNGRY CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY,
IT IS A MESS.
YOU DON'T CARE
ABOUT THEIR LIVES, YOU JUST WANT
TO CONTROL WOMEN, AND THAT IS
THE REALITY OF IT.
OKAY, IF YOU
WANT TO VOTE REPUBLICAN, GO
AHEAD, BUT THESE ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES.
THEY DON'T LIKE
WOMEN HAVING ANY POWER OVER
THEIR OWN BODIES, OR ANY PART OF
THEIR LIVES.
IN THE BIBLE GOD IS
PRO-ABORTION, LOOK IT UP.
HE SAYS, IF YOU THINK
YOUR WIFE CHEATED ON
YOU, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE HER SOME
TOXIC POISON.
IF SHE DID CHEAT
ON YOU, SHE WILL HAVE A
MISCARRIAGE BECAUSE OF THE
POISON.
I DID NOT SAY THAT, GOD
SAID IT.
LOOK IT UP IN THE
BIBLE.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT
ABORTION, IT ISN'T ABOUT THE
BIBLE, IT IS ABOUT THEM WANTING
TO CONTROL WOMEN.
IF YOU LIKE
THAT, KEEP VOTING REPUBLICAN.
BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO
CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY, AND
YOU ARE A WOMAN IN THIS COUNTRY,
YOU OUGHT TO HAVE YOUR HEAD
EXAMINED IF YOU ARE
VOTING REPUBLICAN.
