The Texas Republican Party’s decision last month to reaffirm its platform plank calling for “legislation to abolish abortion” divided the pro-life movement.
At issue was the platform’s call for “equal protection of the laws,” code for legislation to make women obtaining abortion, along with abortion providers, criminally liable for homicide.
“In practice, this language would subject vulnerable women to life in prison or even the death penalty,” Texas Alliance for Life said. “Texas Alliance for Life is in favor of putting abortion providers accountable, not punishing women for abortion,” the organization’s executive director, Amy O’Donnell, declared.
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