Complacency

I must ask forgiveness for my complacency in my defense of the pre-born.  Over the past couple of years, we have seen the abortion president leave office, hundreds of thousands of well-meaning people attending the March for Life each year, and the filing of House Bill 948 in the 2017 session of the Texas Legislature.  It seemed like we were making progress toward ending abortion.

And then, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the State of New York passed the despicable Reproductive Health Act which, among other things, made abortions up to nine months legal.  It also made abortions performed by non-doctors legal (so much for the so-called "safe" abortions touted by those who favor this heinous practice).  So, I am awake now.

I am happy to report that State Representative Tony Tinderholt, who filed House Bill 948 two years ago, has filed House Bill 896 this year.  The text of that bill is here:  https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00896I.htm  As you will see, this bill gives full personhood status to every human being from fertilization to natural death and removes all exceptions for abortions from the Penal Code.  It also wipes out all of the regulations for abortions, most of which were put into place by supposed pro-life bills.

I am urging everyone who sees legalized abortion for the evil it really is to write your state representative and state senator.  If you don't know who they are, go here to find out:  https://www.house.texas.gov/members/find-your-representative/  I will also be writing both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

I am writing my state representative today, and below is the letter I am sending.  As you can see, he and I have a history.


Dear Matt:
I am happy to report that as of February 2018 I am a resident of House District 93.  I am also happy to see that you are now in your fourth term in the Texas House of Representatives.  As you will recall, I was one of your earliest campaign volunteers during your unsuccessful effort to win the Republican nomination over Charlie Geren when we both lived in District 99.

I am writing today to ask you to both support and sponsor House Bill 896 as authored by Representative Tony Tinderholt.  Most "pro-life" bills effectively end with some version of "...and then you can kill the baby".  HB896 does not.

You will, of course, notice the language in the bill that states: "Any federal law, executive order, or court decision that purports to supersede, stay, or overrule this Act is in violation of the Texas Constitution and the United States Constitution and is therefore void."  It is bold language in a time when boldness is needed, especially in wake of the passage of New York's despicable "Reproductive Health Act".

Our framers made the process of amending the United States Constitution extremely arduous and difficult.  They wisely saw the danger in making that amendment process easy.  Over the past 46 years, all branches of our federal and state governments have given Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton the effective force of a Constitutional Amendment, a power the United States Supreme Court does not have, nor should it ever.  It is a greatly unjust opinion (not even a law), and as such, needs to be defied.  Yes, openly defying the Federal court system is a grave act, but this isn't some appropriation bill or nice social program or anything applying to the state budget.  This is literally life and death.
I know that in considering this bill legislators might be asking themselves: COULD we really do this?  You instead need to be asking yourself: SHOULD we really do this? When considering the over sixty million dead children over the past 46 years, that answer is an emphatic YES.