Author Topic: TX Gov Bans Abort Drugs @ 7 Weeks (Read 638 times)

SeanJohnson · « **on:** September 22, 2021, 10:50:17 AM »

Texas governor signs bill banning ‘abortion inducing drugs’ after seven weeks of pregnancy

Senate Bill 4 is effective December 2, 2021. Violation of the bill could lead to a $10,000 fine or up to 2 years in prison.

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Wed Sep 22, 2021 - 11:05 am EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — On the heels of the Texas Heartbeat Act, pro-lifers can welcome another victory in the state, as Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed into law a bill prohibiting physicians or health care providers from giving women an “abortion inducing drug” after seven weeks of pregnancy.
Senate Bill 4, sponsored by state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D), was signed into law by Abbott on September 17, and is due to take effect December 2, 2021.

The bill largely prohibits the distribution of contraceptives, or “abortion inducing drugs,” implementing a ban on the drugs after the 49th day, or seventh week, of a mother’s pregnancy. Previous laws allowed the drugs to be handed out up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy.
Physicians may still distribute the drugs before the 49th day, at face-to-face meetings, but are subject to a number of requirements, including scheduling a follow-up visit no more than 14 days after giving the drug, to “confirm that the woman’s pregnancy is completely terminated; and assess any continued blood loss.”
Lucio said it was not an attempt to restrict abortions, but rather a way to protect the “health and welfare of every woman considering a drug-induced abortion.”
“Doctors need to be present when patients receive these drugs so the patient knows what to expect from normal side effects and what needs to be addressed quickly before it turns into a serious issue,” Lucio stated before the Senate when laying out the bill.
The bill does, however, stipulate that “[n]othing in this Act shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion.”
In addition, the bill also places a ban on the mailing of such drugs within the state: “A manufacturer, supplier, physician, or any other person may not provide to a patient any abortion-inducing drug by courier, delivery, or mail service.”
Those who “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly” violate the bill, are deemed to commit a criminal offence carrying a penalty of between 180 days and 2 years in prison, with fines rising to $10,000.

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In a statement issued August 11, when the bill was passed, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said: “When abortion-inducing drugs are available by mail, Texas women are put at risk from human traffickers and abusive spouses or significant others. By banning abortion-inducing drugs’ availability by mail, Senate Bill 4 strengthens Texas’ firm position that we are a pro-life state.”
Not surprisingly, S.B. 4 has angered abortion activists, with NARAL Pro-Choice America acting president Adrienne Kimmel stating: “Anti-choice politicians in Texas are launching their attacks on abortion access from every angle imaginable. This law blatantly tramples on Texans’ fundamental freedoms and pushes access to care further out of reach … Anti-choice politicians have made their intentions abundantly clear, and they will stop at nothing to strip away reproductive freedom.”

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“What we see in this bill are outdated medical recommendations being codified and access to medications being rolled back,” state Rep. Erin Zwiener (D) told the Texas Tribune. “I hope in the future we will move forward on issues of women’s safety guided by evidence.”
S.B. 4 follows on the heels of the Texas Heartbeat Act, which took effect September 1. It requires abortionists to screen for a preborn baby’s heartbeat and prohibits abortion if a heartbeat can be heard (generally as early as six weeks), with exceptions only for medical emergencies.
The Heartbeat Act “exclusively” empowers private citizens to bring civil suits against abortionists, punishable by a minimum of $10,000 in statutory relief per abortion plus whatever additional injunctive relief is deemed “sufficient to prevent the defendant from violating this chapter or engaging in acts that aid or abet violations of this chapter.”
The Act survived an emergency petition to block the law, on the grounds that the petition had not named anyone planning to file enforcement suits against abortionists, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the law.

Statistics from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute estimated that 55,440 abortions took place in Texas in 2017, a 3% decline compared to 2014. A total of 35 abortion providing facilities were found in the state in 2017, compared to 44 in 2014.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2021, 11:44:27 AM »

God bless Texas!

Geremia · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2021, 04:27:18 PM »

Texas's SB4 not only prohibits abortion-inducing drugs after "49 days [7 weeks] of gestational age", but even condemns RU-486 specifically, listing its side-effects:

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the use of Mifeprex or mifepristone presents significant medical complications including, but not limited to, uterine hemorrhage, viral infections, abdominal pain, cramping, vomiting, headache, fatigue, and pelvic inflammatory disease

alaric · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2021, 04:34:48 PM »

It helps.

But these guys all know life begins at conception.

Enough with this "heartbeat" nonsense.

SeanJohnson · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2021, 04:43:03 PM »

Quote from: alaric on September 22, 2021, 04:34:48 PM

It helps.

But these guys all know life begins at conception.

Enough with this "heartbeat" nonsense.

I hear you, and of course you are certainly correct.

Nevertheless, these two TX laws rob the devil of souls, and some will make it to heaven because of these laws which otherwise would not have.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2021, 04:58:07 PM »

Quote from: alaric on September 22, 2021, 04:34:48 PM

It helps.

But these guys all know life begins at conception.

Enough with this "heartbeat" nonsense.

I don't think it'll do anything ... from 10 weeks to 7 weeks. I bet 99% of the women who take these drugs take them immediately after fornication or at the very first signs of being pregnant. Only impact here might be in case some woman has no clue she's pregnant until week 8. Even then she'll likely find a way to get the stuff.

I almost said that this sends a good public message, but then I reconsidered. So this is considered a victory when the law effectively says that the abortion pill is legal for the first 7 weeks.

I think this is just another ruse to shift the reference frame. We're celebrating unborn children being murdered for 7 weeks as a victory ... just because it's better than their being murdered for 10 weeks?

Lame.

If you're thinking of killing your baby, you'd better hurry up and do it now because it'll be illegal next week.

Probably the only benefit is tactical, with the hope that it'll eventually lead to a case that might go to the Supreme Court and challenge Roe vs. Wade.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:08:05 PM »

Yet this son-of-a-devil Bergoglio says that politicians who support abortion should be ministered to with compassion, not condemnation.

https://www.voanews.com/a/pope-francis-bishops-should-show-compassion-to-politicians-who-support-abortion/6229942.html

This bastard Antipope has "compassion" for everyone except orthodox Catholics: abortionists, pro-abortion politicians, sodomites, pedophiles, virulent anti-Catholics, etc. ... for everyone, that is, except orthodox Traditional Catholics who love the Tridentine Mass. This man is a wretched Satanically-perverted individual who is about as much pope as the Dalai Lama.

That is why "devout Catholic" Biden is attempting to go after Texas over these laws. It would be one thing if he were just a coward posturing as pro-abortion to get DNC support, but there's nothing compelling him to actively go after Texas regarding these laws ... except for the fact that he's an evil bastard.

That's OK, though, according to Salza and Siscoe, Biden is a Catholic in good standing but sedevacantists are outside of the Church. And Bergoglio who is also guilty of promoting abortion by refusing to condemn it nevertheless also remains a Catholic.

Salaza and Siscoe are also thereby complicit in Bergoglio's crimes by enabling this Antichrist.

DigitalLogos · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:09:16 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on September 22, 2021, 04:58:07 PM

Even then she'll likely find a way to get the stuff.

That's the thing though, removing immediate access for many reduces potential abortions to only those few who are adamant about killing their child. We will never get to a point in this culture of zero abortions, even if abortion were banned outright nationwide.

alaric · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:13:55 PM »

Quote from: SeanJohnson on September 22, 2021, 04:43:03 PM

I hear you, and of course you are certainly correct.

Nevertheless, these two TX laws rob the devil of souls, and some will make it to heaven because of these laws which otherwise would not have.

I hear you, But God does not.

Stop the BS. It's a life, BEFORE it's in the womb. ( @ # of  weeks)

I applaud Texas for doing SOMETHING.

But I don't believe Our Lord sees it that way.

Look around what's going on. GOD  is declaring STOP KILLING THE BABIES NOW!

And he doesn't care what "week" it's in.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew^[a] you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”-Jeremiah 1;5

Ladislaus · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:15:25 PM »

Quote from: DigitalLogos on September 22, 2021, 05:09:16 PM

That's the thing though, removing immediate access for many reduces potential abortions to only those few who are adamant about killing their child. We will never get to a point in this culture of zero abortions, even if abortion were banned outright nationwide.

Did I miss something in this law? All I see that it does is to restrict it to 7 weeks instead of 10 and requires physicians to have a follow-up visit after dispensing the murder weapon. I doubt it'll save a single child. Heck, it might even cost more lives in that women who might be on the fence about taking it might feel pressured to take on Day 49 lest the clock run out on them.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:19:31 PM »

If we had Catholic leadership, they would organize a mass movement of million Catholics ... that would have ended abortion one way or another. Catholic "presence" at abortion clinics would make BLM look like Ghandi. They can't jail that many people. Even if some individual decides to take action (along the lines of a thread started by Matthew earlier), they'd accomplish nothing as lone wolves. There needs to be leadership, and these Satanic pseudo-bishops refuse to provide it.

alaric · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:23:10 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on September 22, 2021, 04:58:07 PM

I don't think it'll do anything ... from 10 weeks to 7 weeks. I bet 99% of the women who take these drugs take them immediately after fornication or at the very first signs of being pregnant. Only impact here might be in case some woman has no clue she's pregnant until week 8. Even then she'll likely find a way to get the stuff.

I almost said that this sends a good public message, but then I reconsidered. So this is considered a victory when the law effectively says that the abortion pill is legal for the first 7 weeks.

I think this is just another ruse to shift the reference frame. We're celebrating unborn children being murdered for 7 weeks as a victory ... just because it's better than their being murdered for 10 weeks?

Lame.

If you're thinking of killing your baby, you'd better hurry up and do it now because it'll be illegal next week.

Probably the only benefit is tactical, with the hope that it'll eventually lead to a case that might go to the Supreme Court and challenge Roe vs. Wade.

It's all smoke and mirrors.

They still want a "get out of jail free" card to end the pregnancy.

I have a governor here in NY that is asking them to come here after 7 weeks to finish the job.

Meanwhile, she is considering MANDATING a LAW on forced " vaxxes" of children for 5 and over.

Do you see where these "people" are going?

They are coming for our children who they couldn't terminate in the womb.

these BS laws down south of stopping abortion at X time is nonsense.

IT'S STILL MURDER.

And God is not mocked. And HE's not fooling around anymore.

Your country (or state) is going down until this BS is STOPPED.

alaric · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:27:36 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on September 22, 2021, 05:19:31 PM

If we had Catholic leadership, they would organize a mass movement of million Catholics ... that would have ended abortion one way or another. Catholic "presence" at abortion clinics would make BLM look like Ghandi. They can't jail that many people. Even if some individual decides to take action (along the lines of a thread started by Matthew earlier), they'd accomplish nothing as lone wolves. There needs to be leadership, and these Satanic pseudo-bishops refuse to provide it.

You have a "pope" endorsing all of this.

HE is under judgement as well.

It is going to get real ugly all over the planet until this infanticide is stopped.

This is no BS, we ARE going to lose billions.

God and Our Lady have had enough, the clock is stopped.

WE ARE ALL GOING TO PAY.

Matthew · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2021, 05:51:06 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on September 22, 2021, 04:58:07 PM

I don't think it'll do anything ... from 10 weeks to 7 weeks. I bet 99% of the women who take these drugs take them immediately after fornication or at the very first signs of being pregnant. Only impact here might be in case some woman has no clue she's pregnant until week 8. Even then she'll likely find a way to get the stuff.

I almost said that this sends a good public message, but then I reconsidered. So this is considered a victory when the law effectively says that the abortion pill is legal for the first 7 weeks.

You think that Texas makes it illegal after 7 weeks, whereas most states it's 10 weeks?

What kind of la-la land do you live in?

In Liberal states, partial birth abortion is a thing. They are pushing for the option of post-birth infanticide (if a baby earmarked for abortion is accidentally born live, no care is to be given, etc.)

THAT is what the new Texas law should be compared to. The worst state(s), and perhaps the average state. Texas' old strict law might be pretty close to their current law. That means nothing. Especially if Texas is ahead of most (all?) states in the war against abortion.

Remember that Texas is one of the 50 States in the Union, and that said Union made abortion legal in 1973. That's what Texas has to work with. Judge accordingly.

Texas is not its own country. Yet.

lavalautos · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2021, 09:39:34 PM »

If I were a priest, and any of the "Catholic" legislators who voted against the Heartbeat Bill needed last rites, I'd hang up. They are demonic.

Romans One and Twenty-Seven;
there are absolutely no Democrats in Heaven.

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