Healthcare

I watched some of the "proceedings" on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday with dismay and disgust. The massive "health care" bill passed by a vote of 219 to 212. Bart Stupak and his coalition of five supposedly pro-life Democrats compromised their principles for a meaningless piece of paper from a pro-abortion president who has shown no interest whatsoever in telling the truth or in keeping campaign promises. Oh yes, Stupak also got almost three quarters of a million dollars for airports in his district from the administration (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/mi01_stupak/morenews/20100319faagrant.html).

As a result of Stupak's betrayal, the healthcare takeover bill passed by the Senate is now being sent to Obama for him to sign into law. It has been confirmed that this bill does indeed provide for taxpayer funding for abortions, and it will be the law of the land. An executive order cannot supersede a law passed by Congress, so the piece of paper that Stupak got for changing his vote to yes is meaningless.

The solution to this abortion funding is to recognize the inalienable right to life of all human beings from fertilization through natural death. Texas law already recognizes this right as I have shown in previous blog posts. If Rick Perry and our legislature had any real pro-life convictions, they would take steps to eliminate parts of Texas law that make abortion legal. I have provided a blueprint for future legislation for any state official with the courage to present this to the state legislature...


By: S.B. No. XXX



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the protection of the right to life of all persons in the State of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.06, Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19.06. APPLICABILITY TO MEDICAL PRACTICES. (a) A physician who performs any procedure or dispenses or prescribes any drug, the result of which is the intentional death of any individual, commits an offense.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.
SECTION 2. Section 19.07, Penal Code, is added as follows:
Sec. 19.07. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT. (a) A mother of an unborn child who takes actions which result in the intentional death of the unborn child commits an offense.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
SECTION 3. Chapter 170, Health and Safety Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. Chapter 33, Texas Family Code, is repealed.
SECTION 6. Section 262.006, Texas Family Code, is repealed.
SECTION 7. The purpose of the Act is to guarantee and protect the inalienable right to life of all individuals in the State of Texas, in accordance with Amendment Fourteen of the Constitution of the United States, which says that no State shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The Texas Penal Code currently defines a “person” as an “individual” and an “individual” as “a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.” According to that Fourteenth Amendment, all individuals must receive equal protection under the law, especially in regards to the protection of life.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.