August 6, 2019: Accolades for Abbott * Letter to the Editor * OPINION * Del Rio News-Herald
Letter to the Editor,
Accolades for Abbott
Republican Texas
Governor Greg Abbott signed a law to stop infanticide of babies born-alive
after abortion, and another law barring local governments from doing business
with the abortion industry.
The law requires
abortionists to provide basic medical care to infants who survive abortions,
permitting third-degree felony charges and fines up to $100,000.
Reports by the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC) indicated that there are infants born-alive who
survive abortion. According to Congressional testimony, “Data collected
confirms babies are born-alive after attempted abortions. From 2003
to 2014 there were 588 reported infant deaths born-alive after a failed
abortion. The CDC stated that these babies born-alive after an attempted
abortion lived from minutes to one or more days, with 48% of the babies living
between one to four hours. They admitted the number of babies born-alive might
be an underestimate.”
The committee hearings
on the bill included testimonies from abortion survivors Gianna Jessen, Claire
Culwell and Carrie Fischer. Take their challenge, and view their testimonies
online.
Thank God Texas still
has a great, big, beautiful heart and isn’t a cruel, cold-blooded haven for
heartless heathens. All babies born-live matter in the Great State of Texas.
Don’t mess with Texas babies!
Acknowledgement goes to
Governor Abbott for signing a law forbidding state and local governments from
acting against businesses on the basis of the owners’ religious beliefs. The
measure dubbed the “Save Chick-fil-A bill” would prevent what happened with the
San Antonio City Council excluding the food chain from the San Antonio
International Airport claiming the owners’ Christian view of marriage would
make travelers not “feel welcome when they walk through our airport.”
Governor Abbott
stated, “No business should be discriminated against because its owners
gave to a church or to religious organizations. No business should lose a
government contract because of their religious beliefs.
This legislation is a victory for religious freedom in Texas.”
Thank God we live in
Texas where life and liberty are protected by law.
Thank you Governor
Abbott for signing pro-life and religious liberty legislation!
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.
Del Rio, Texas