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Title: More at stake in Texas
Author: GusselSprouts
Date: July 18, 2013
Language: en
Topics: abortion, United States of America
Source: Retrieved on 9th December 2021 from https://theexpropriationist.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/more-at-stake-in-texas/

GusselSprouts

More at stake in Texas

I feel some might not quite understand what is entirely at stake here in

Texas with the recent HB-2 abortion bill. It’s not just reproductive

justice and freedom that went to the guillotine, and I mean that in the

most Feminist-minded way. This is an act of extreme nepotism on behalf

of the Rick Perry dynasty, and a violent attack of some of the most

marginalized women in need of a variety of healthcare services.

This bill reaches far beyond that of other bills which ban abortion

after the 20^(th) week of pregnancy. It shuts down nearly all the

women’s healthcare clinics in Texas, half of which don’t even offer

abortion. These are places providing education, cancer screenings, STD

tests, prevention, rape counseling, and services completely unrelated to

the issue entirely. To end any of these services is a draconian act of

injustice and serves as a punishment for anyone who dares provide

specialized healthcare for women.

There is yet another shadowy and corrupt side to this. This bill doesn’t

criminalize abortions. It shuts down most of the clinics currently

providing them for an indefinite amount of time, which is horrific act

of injustice indeed, but also demands that abortions be provided only at

new state-approved “surgical centers and outpatient hospitals” which are

to be built. Rick Perry is directly tied to the doctors building these

surgical centers through his sister, Milla Perry Jones. So new clinics

will be built (without all the the other services), and every abortion

will now be going into the their pockets.

I’m ashamed that we are the 12^(th) state to put restrictions on women’s

reproductive freedom, but this reeks of something not only rooted in

patriarchy, but also political nepotism. Being under the rule of Rick

Perry since Bush took office in 2000, and Bush before that, we live in a

Texas increasingly shaped by his bizarre and antiquated era-length

governance, and this idea that Rick Perry and the Texas Republicans just

sort of do shit and it’s out of our control. We need to remember people

the political climate that comes from Texas and travels to the federal

level, bringing us federal politicians from Texas like the Bushes and

Tom Delay.

All that I really ask is that my comrades not look to the people of our

state as standing by, condoning and supporting this. This feels like an

attack on us all and reinforcing our hopelessness brought on is not what

we need. I cannot count how many time’s I’ve heard “well fuck, I guess

that’s Texas” as if we’re not fighting. We need your strength! We have

to see an Anarchist and Feminist future for Texas everyday, we hope you

can too.

In Solidarity with Texas Women!