Abolition Of Abortion Essay

In this article, Grimes talks about State Representative Tony Tinderholt has filed a bill calling it the “Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act”. The bill does not make abortion illegal yet, anyone who does end a pregnancy will face criminal charges for capital murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Grimes states, “This legislation is ridiculous for a host of reasons, among them its blatant flout of constitutional precedent, but more than anything, it lays bare the inherent misogyny of the anti-abortion movement.” The bill focuses on the woman carrying the fetus and the physicians would be liable to be criminally prosecuted, yet gives no punishment to the father of the fetus. Also, those who have been raped and choose to get an abortion would still face charges with Tinderholt’s bill. He believes it will encourage people to be more responsible about their actions and take other precautionary measures. Grimes states, “Tinderholt’s just the latest and loudest of a cadre of conservative Republican lawmakers who seem curiously unmotivated to penalize the penile party” being that his whole bill is surrounded on simply woman being charged. If he wanted to reduce the number of abortions in Texas, he could make contraceptives easy accessible and provide sex education. Instead his party would want to defund Planned Parenthood and shutting down …show more content…
Banning abortion would only lead to the opposite of what this society needs. Tinderholt may think it is a good idea now, but he is not putting into perspective the obvious effects. Grimes states, “I don’t expect Tinderholt to agree with me, but I do expect him, and anyone who claims to be “pro-life,” not to blatantly discriminate against half the people in this state —and their doctors — by suggesting they should face murder charges, and very possibly the death penalty, for exercising a constitutional