Texas GOP suggests death penalty for women who get abortions and doctors who perform them READ MORE: Majority of babies now born to women older than 30 By Eve Simmons Health And Wellness Editor Dailymail.Com Published: 17:25, 30 May 2024 | Updated: 17:58, 30 May 2024 e-mail View comments The Texas Republican Party have lodged a proposal that appears to call for the death penalty for women who seek abortions, as well as the doctors who help them. At a GOP convention on Saturday, Texas delegates presented a detailed platform that defines abortion as 'not healthcare.
.. homicide.
' The 50-page document calls for the 'equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization,' and for physicians to only be exempt from homicide charges when the abortion is 'non-elective, such as required to save the life of the mother.' According to Texas law, perpetrators of child homicide are punishable by death. Pro-life protesters stand near the gate of the Texas state capitol at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas Representatives are currently voting on whether or not to approve all the proposals.
Commenting on the platform , Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director at Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, told Huff Post that the death penalty is the 'next logical step' in the anti-abortion movement in Texas. However, speaking to DailyMail.com, legal experts in Texas have suggested that the party platform has 'no bearin.
