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Activists Rally at Capitol in Support of Abolishing Abortion
« on: March 31, 2021, 10:32:33 pm »
Texas Scorecard by Jeramy Kitchen March 31, 2021

“We want to be ruled by laws passed through the Legislature, not by a ruling from the Supreme Court.” – State Rep. Bryan Slaton

On Tuesday, hundreds of activists from across the state rallied in front of the state Capitol in support of House Bill 3326 and House Bill 3641, authored by Rep. Bryan Slaton (R–Royse City), which call for the abolition of abortion and to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade.

Slaton told Texas Scorecard, “I filed the only abolish abortion bill, the only bill in the state of Texas that would actually stop abortions in this year, 2021.“ When asked about his motivation for filing the bills, he said, “We want to be ruled by laws passed through the Legislature, not by a ruling from the Supreme Court.”

The Rally

Several speakers took turns describing the importance of the moment and where the pro-life movement has brought us since the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade and subsequent rulings.

“For 48 years, the pro-life movement has been saying that a fetus is a person and that Roe V. Wade is unconstitutional,” Bradley Pierce, executive director of Abolish Abortion Texas, explained. “However, none of the pro-life bills passed over the last 48 years has acted consistently with these claims. No pro-life bill has treated a fetus as a person by providing them with equal protection of the laws as required by the 14th Amendment.”

“Since a fetus is a person, HB 3326 provides them the equal protection of the same laws that protect born people,” he added.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/activists-rally-at-capitol-in-support-of-abolishing-abortion/