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Why Texas Wants To Jail Doctors
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7:51Now PlayingTexas wants to jail doctors that perform abortions. Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, and Mark Thompson, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Texas has long been at the forefront of aggressive antiabortion legislation, and a new bill filed in the state legislature's special session poses a truly insidious threat to reproductive rights. The legislation would allow the state to revoke the medical licenses of doctors who perform abortions with very few exceptions.
According to the Texas Observer, Republican Rep. Valoree Swanson has championed House Bill 86, which would broaden the "prohibited practices" that can lead to the revocation of a medical doctor's license. It would make providing an abortion illegal except in a small number of very specific circumstances. These include cases in which the is the abortion is "necessary to prevent the death" of the mother or she is facing "imminent severe, irreversible brain damage or imminent severe, irreversible paralysis." Abortions can also legally be performed if the fetus has "severe, irreversible brain damage" or if the woman is pregnant with multiple fetuses, one or more of which can be saved by aborting one fetus. Notably, the bill explicitly states that performing an abortion due to any substantial risk to the "psychological condition" of the mother is prohibited.
In a statement shared with POPSUGAR, Yvonne Gutierrez, executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, said the bill is part of an ongoing effort to undermine reproductive rights in the state. "This bill is just another in a relentless wave of legislation aimed at chipping away at the right to safe, legal abortion," she said. "It does nothing to improve the health and safety of women, and the politicians behind this legislation have only one objective: to push their extreme agenda onto Texans who don't want or support these dangerous policies.”
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Mark Thompson
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