ow that the conservative Supreme Court majority has thrown abortion rights back to the states, the women of Texas are at the mercy of Gov. Abbott and the Republican throwbacks in the state legislature.
As the Texas Tribunesays, “With that 49-year-old case now overturned, a trigger law will go into effect in the coming weeks that bans all abortions from the moment of fertilization, except in rare cases to save the life of a pregnant patient or prevent ‘substantial impairment of major bodily function.’”
Many women in Texas will have to travel hundreds of miles and make overnight trips away from work or family obligations to access abortion care. It’s going to be costly, it will probably cost lives, and women will risk being reported to authorities for seeking an abortion out of state.
Texas conservatives have been having a knock-down and drag-out fight with modernity for decades, and they’re not going to come quietly into the better future most of the country wants. This is going to be a long, hard fight.
But we can’t abandon Texas women. We aren’t giving up on them just because they have to share a state government with Greg Abbott and his Good Old Boys.
We’re going to start fighting back now and keep going until we win.
Beto’s campaign for governor is a big part of that struggle. He’s out there every day asking Texans for their votes, building up their own hopes for a better future, and strengthening the friendships that will carry the work forward.
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