• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Texas governor says rape and incest victims have six weeks to get termination as Mexico rules abortion isn’t a crime

The decision comes one week after a Texas law took effect prohibiting abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity in the foetus.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-09-08 10:37
in News
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Greg Abbott has defended new abortion laws in Texas by saying victims of rape and incest will have “at least six weeks” to terminate their pregnancy. It comes as over the border in Mexico abortion has become decriminalised.

The Texas Governor was asked why he was forcing a rape or incest victim to carry their child to term on Tuesday.

“It doesn’t require that at all, because obviously it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion,” he replied.

Reporter: Why force a rape or incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term?

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX): "It doesn't require that at all, because obviously it provides at least 6 weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion." pic.twitter.com/Mbx5JVHG1D

— The Recount (@therecount) September 7, 2021

A divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping most women of the right to the procedure.

The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law that went into effect recently.

The Texas law, signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in May, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before most women know they are pregnant.

It is the strictest law against abortion rights in the United States since the high court’s landmark Roe v Wade decision in 1973 and part of a broader push by Republicans across the country to impose new restrictions on abortion.

Reactions

1.

He’s says that in bad faith. Legislators knew exactly what they were doing. pic.twitter.com/aledfLBDa9

— Tony (@tony15202) September 7, 2021

2.

RelatedPosts

Jeremy Kyle forced to eat humble pie over Corbyn comments

Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson sacked by GB News

Joe Lycett comes up with radical plan for Braverman

Laurence Fox arrested following house raid

Greg Abbott is lying.

Many women don’t even know they’re pregnant by the 6-week mark when abortion is outlawed in this bill.

Rape and incest victims would be forced to carry a pregnancy to term at that point—or face civil lawsuits for getting an abortion. https://t.co/wyHmk1wcLU

— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 7, 2021

3.

THAT'S NOT HOW PREGNANCY CALCULATION OR ABORTION CARE WORK, YOU SCUM OF A LEADER @GregAbbott_TX

REMINDER: 6 WEEKS IS BEFORE MOST PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT https://t.co/MQVy3stG9Y

— Avow – Unapologetic Abortion Advocacy (@avowtexas) September 7, 2021

Mexico

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.

The decision will immediately affect only the northern border state, but it establishes a historic precedent and “obligatory criteria for all of the country’s judges,” compelling them to act the same way in similar cases, said court President Arturo Zaldívar.

“From now on, you will not be able to, without violating the court’s criteria and the constitution, charge any woman who aborts under the circumstances this court has ruled as valid.”

The decision comes one week after a Texas law took effect prohibiting abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity in the foetus.

It allows any private citizen to sue Texas abortion providers who violate the law, as well as anyone who “aids or abets” a woman getting the procedure.

Only four Mexican states — Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Hidalgo — now allow abortion in most circumstances. The other 28 states penalise abortion with some exceptions.

Mexico is a heavily Roman Catholic country. The church was a powerful institution through colonial times and after Mexico’s independence, but a reform movement in the mid-19th century sharply limited the church’s role in daily life.

Anticlerical efforts at times led to bloodshed, especially during the Cristero Rebellion from 1926 to 1929.

In a previous decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of women who had been imprisoned or had their rights violated for abortions. But Rebecca Ramos, director of the nongovernmental reproductive rights group GIRE, said the latest case was the first time the justices debated the fundamental question of whether abortion should be considered a crime or not.

The decision could potentially open another option for Texas women seeking legal abortions.

For years, some women in south Texas have crossed the border to go to Mexican pharmacies to buy misoprostol, a pill that makes up half of the two-drug combination prescribed for medical abortions.

Related: Greta Thunberg shares powerful chart that explains why women get abortions

Previous Post

#FreeBritney: Father files to finally end singer’s conservatorship

Next Post

On the lamb? Prince Andrew flees to Balmoral ‘to avoid being served sex assault papers’

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

More from TLE

Calls for Piers Morgan’s head as ‘shagging’ comments resurface

‘Leg Up’ campaign highlights unknown waste of turkey legs in UK

Jeremy Kyle forced to eat humble pie over Corbyn comments

Suella Braverman hits out at ‘criminal’ UK human rights protections

Heckler at Suella Braverman’s speech forcefully kicked out

Sunak set to scrap northern leg of HS2 to Manchester

Labour backs down on plan to end charitable status of private schools

Rosewood London hosts legendary Hong Kong restaurant Chaat for 10th-anniversary dinner

Man denied entry to baseball game after trying to take his ’emotional support alligator’

EU ‘bendy bananas’ regulation will be dropped, says Environment Secretary

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




← #FreeBritney: Father files to finally end singer’s conservatorship ← On the lamb? Prince Andrew flees to Balmoral ‘to avoid being served sex assault papers’
-->