AUSTIN, Texas – Leaked video shows Hood County Constable Scott London, Hood County GOP Chair Steve Biggers and Hood County GOP Chair candidate Greg Harrell attending a meeting held by Abolish Abortion Texas (AATX) where they supported the death penalty for women who seek abortions or use IVF, including pregnant minors. London and Harrel have also signed onto a pledge from the same group vowing to abolish all circumstances of abortion care in Texas.
I don’t know why this is news to anyone. Do we not teach history any more? They go for the heaviest available sentences and then sit in judgement of women depending on their social and political status. But they’ll pretend it’s based on some objective standard. So rich conservative women get the “poor girl had a miscarriage” treatment and poor minorities get the heaviest penalty possible for maliciously killing babies.
This is not new, this is not the first time religious conservatives have done this.