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The Texas government definitely views women as second class citizens.

• thrill 5y ago
  Or perhaps the Texas people view the unborn as first class citizens.
  • wpietri 5y ago
    Nah. If children were all that important, they'd be doing a lot more than passing laws to control women's bodies. Heck, the whole problem of abortion could be solved by controlling men's bodies. We are, after all, involved in 100% of unwanted pregnancies. Mandatory reversible vasectomies at puberty for all men would be a big step forward. And for men who slip up and impregnate somebody who doesn't want to carry to term, mandatory surrogacy payments to the woman from garnished wages to cover the work and expense. And that's before we get to other obvious things like 100% free prenatal, birth, and postpartum care, plus a robust parental support system including visiting nurses, child health care, and subsidized child care so that women can quickly return to the workforce.
    • erik_seaberg 5y ago
      > Mandatory reversible vasectomies They can’t mandate that reversal shall work; the failure rate starts at 5% and goes up over time.
      • wpietri 5y ago
        Surely a small price to pay if you believe, as the anti-abortion people do, that you're saving lives. More practically, I expect that research into higher-quality reversible vasectomies would be swift and well-funded if they were mandatory in Texas.