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Texas Election Results 5/1/2021

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Lani
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Texas Election Results 5/1/2021

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Still counting ballots.

Lubbock voters approved an anti-abortion measure that would make it "the state's largest sanctuary city for the unborn.”

Austin - and the state legislature soon - are criminalizing homeliness homelessness :oopsy:

Texas Congressional District 6 is heading to a run-off for a Congressional seat. Looks like a Dem will not be in the run-off.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/01 ... n-results/
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/polit ... 4512cb605a
https://www.kut.org/politics/2021-05-01 ... opositions
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Re: Texas Election Results 5/1/2021

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" homeliness" Well I guess Ted Cruz is going to be in trouble in Texas! :lol:
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Clairez wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 12:26 am " homeliness" Well I guess Ted Cruz is going to be in trouble in Texas! :lol:
Sounds good to me!
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Dammit. 10 Democrats ran in TX-06 which was ridiculous. Look how close this is. Democrats had a shot there.

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OK, Dave has a point.


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Here's what the Lubbock abortion ban is about.

The Traveling Salesman Bringing Abortion Bans To A Texas Town Near You
Over the past year, Mark Lee Dickson has convinced 12 towns to pass ordinances banning abortion. For women in those towns, fear and confusion reigns.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-trav ... eafe1e3880
Dickson and his supporters say the ordinances are mainly preventative, designed to stop abortion clinics from setting up in towns that do not currently offer abortion services, but critics say there’s a more sinister plan afoot.

“The point is to create a sense of confusion,” said Elizabeth Nash, senior state issues manager at Guttmacher Institute. Peddle enough false claims, and people seeking an abortion won’t know how and if they can obtain one, even while the procedure remains safe and legal. Misinformation is the “bread and butter” of anti-abortion groups, she said. “They are trying to stigmatize abortion, shame patients and vilify providers.”

The ordinances lobbied by Dickson go even further to besiege every aspect of abortion. They define abortion as premeditated murder and declare that organizations that provide abortions are criminal. They also make it unlawful to help anyone get an abortion within the city limits or provide any information about self-managed abortion. Family members of someone who has received an abortion would gain the right to sue the provider for “emotional distress.”

Big Spring does not have an abortion clinic for which abortions need to be prevented. But for local residents (and other towns that have passed such bans), the ordinances have sown fear and confusion.
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