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Shocker!: Texas Reproductive Rights Still Under Attack
This Tuesday, the Texas House will vote on HB 1212 (written by Rep. Phil King). Texas currently has a law in place a law which requires parental notification but HB 1212 will require parental consent for teens seeking an abortion. Austinist wonders what this means for victims of incest who become pregnant as a result.
To send your representative an e-mail, telling them to vote no on this bill, you can go here. Remember that even though you may only get a form letter back, they keep track of messages from constituents, and it helps influence their vote.
You may have heard about pharmacists in Texas refusing to re-fill perscriptions for oral contraceptives? (Because they don't "believe" in contraceptives and apparently didn't know what being a pharmacist "involved".) To help stop this, Planned Parenthood is collecting stories from women who have been denied. You can go to their survey and help stop this from taking place.
More ramifications of HB 1212 after the jump...
* Require a parent providing consent to present a "valid
governmental record of identification"
* Restrict access to the legal system by allowing teens to apply
for a judicial bypass only in their home county or the county in
which the abortion is to be provided
* Allow the courts five days to issue a ruling on a judicial
bypass (instead of current law, which is two days)
* Change the burden of proof for a judge to approve a judicial
bypass. Current law requires the judge to find by a
"preponderance of evidence" that a teen meets the
requirements-HB 1212 would elevate the standard to "clear and
convincing evidence," which sets the bar much higher
* Paint a target on the backs of judges who try to apply the law
fairly, by requiring courts to report statistical information
regarding each application for a bypass
* Direct the state to create "informational materials" for teens
which explain the health risks associated with abortion, but not
with childbirth
