This state wants to kill women who have abortions

Stripper explains No Images? Click here       By Emily Peck The Push To Ban Abortion Intensifies The push to overturn Roe v. Wade is at full-steam this year. States have introduced more than 250 bills to restrict abortion access, according to a report by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Guttmacher Institute. Much of the legislation is intended to spark a court challenge. This week, Texas lawmakers debated a law that would make it OK to kill women for having abortions. The Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act would define abortion as murder punishable by death. The bill would ban abortion at every stage of pregnancy, even in cases of rape and incest, writes reporter Alanna Vagianos. The law would modify the state's penal code so both women and doctors could be charged with murder and subject to the death penalty. Florida is also looking to restrict abortion access, reports my colleague Melissa Jeltsen. State legislators are seeking to make it even harder for teenage girls to have access to the procedure, she reports. In Alabama they're going further, trying to simply ban the procedure outright. Over in the House and Senate, Republican legislators are also gunning for Roe, pushing a false narrative about women and doctors who supposedly abort babies after their born, explains Laura Bassett in a piece worth reading in the Washington Post.  The Texas bill, however, may be a bridge too far -- even for some anti-abortion activists. “I am pro-life, through and through. No one can question my credentials on this issue and my commitment to this important cause,” a Republican state legislator said this week. “That said, I do not believe that convicting a woman who has an abortion of murder and possibly subjecting her to the death penalty is constitutional, nor does such a policy advance the cause of life in Texas.”  READ THE FULL STORY Before you go...You can follow me on Twitter @EmilyRPeck     Here's what else you need to know I wrote two of the following stories! Can you guess which ones?  Congressional Democrats Unveil Their Answer To Me Too Steve Mnuchin Tried To Mansplain To Maxine Waters. It Didn’t Go Well Why I Choose To Work As A Stripper Despite Being A Magna Cum Laude College Graduate ‘Unspoken Sexism’ Dampens Fundraising For Women Running In 2020   👋You may have noticed our website is now www.huffpost.com. Don't worry, it'll still be the same HuffPost you know and love, just with a new URL. Make sure to update your bookmarks!     HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media Group. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which explains how your data is used and shared. Learn More. The reality of being a woman — by the numbers. Like what you see? Share it with a friend. Did someone forward this email? Subscribe here. Can't get enough? Check out The Good Life. ©2019 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe