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Fact-check: Did state GOP lawmaker introduce bill criminalizing abortion as homicide?
Instagram posts: A Texas GOP lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have an abortion.
PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly True
Here's why: Social media users set off the alarm bells after seeing a news report that women in Texas could be in jeopardy of the death penalty for having an abortion.
"GOP Texas lawmaker introduces bill to allow death penalty for women who have abortions," read a screenshot of the headline.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-did-state-gop-130024916.html
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