Mar 25, 2020, 2:41pm Imani Gandy
Top Texas officials, including Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, seem to think banning legal abortion and sacrificing the elderly are the best ways to combat the outbreak.
If you hate abortion and old people, Texas might be the place for you.
Monday was a sad day for Texas. It was bad enough that one day earlier, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered abortion providers to stop performing “medically unnecessary” abortions. But then on Monday, former talk-radio host turned conservative numpty Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) appeared on Fox News and laid out his plan for combating the coronavirus. His plan, as it turns out, is absolutely morbid.
Just let old people die.
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This is the same Dan Patrick who is virulently opposed to abortion rights and was a staunch supporter of HB 2, the Texas omnibus anti-abortion bill, provisions of which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.
Indeed, back in July 2013, when Texas lawmakers convened for a second special legislative session to try to pass HB 2—after pro-choice activists flooded the Texas capitol
to protest the bill’s passage and former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis cemented herself in the annals of boss bitches—Patrick gave a barnburner of a speech about how God supports the passage of HB 2. He practically gave a sermon about how important it was for someone to stand up and speak for fetuses:
We talked about the choice, you ask us, well don’t we put ourselves in the place of the woman and her choice, what choice does the baby have? Who speaks for the baby? Do you think if the mother had a conversation with the baby and said, “You know, this just isn’t really convenient to give birth to you right now, do you mind dying?”
He certainly seems willing to speak for the millions of seniors who don’t want to lay down and die so their grandkids can go back to work. But if that didn’t make your brain blow a gasket, check out what he said during the HB2 debate:
I don’t apologize for being pro-life and I don’t apologize for being a Christian, and I listen to the word of God on this issue. The Bible tells us we are born in the image of God, and I believe when a baby’s life is destroyed we are destroying the image of God. And there should be no one out there celebrating it. If they want to, fine. But I will never stand on this floor, and I will never cheer, and I will never support anyone who celebrates destroying the image of God.
Apparently, he will cheer destroying the image of God if that image is over the age of 70. Pro-life, my ass.
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