On Abortion Rights
News Staff
Thursday, August 4, 2022
To The Editor: Dear Governor Gregg Abbott, Lt. Gov Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton, Senator Lois Kolkhorst, RepresentativePhil Stephenson; Right wing conservatives have gone too far in the State of Texas. They have severely restricted access to reproductive healthcare for all women inTexas. By doing so, they have interfered with the bodily autonomy of approximately 14.41 million women, or 50.1% of the population of Texas. They have made living Texas women into 2nd class citizens with less bodily autonomythan is accorded a corpse. The State of Texas has no right to interfere with the bodily autonomy and reproductive choices of women or anyone else in Texas. These are choices that only individual Texans can make. Our Proposed amendment tothe Texas Constitution is: “The State of Texas shall make no laws that in any way restrict or interfere with or cause anundue hardship on any person’s ability to access and receive the reproductive medical care best suited to that person’s individual circumstances and needs.”