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Texas Upholds Fetal Protection Law

Texans are largely against abortion while standing firmly behind the death penalty (well, except here in Austin) — we do not believe there is a contradiction of values here.

Yesterday, Texas courts upheld a law that upholds the sanctity of life in Texas:

Texas’ fetal protection law, which allows capital murder charges in the death of a fetus, survived a second challenge Wednesday when an appeals court let stand the conviction of a Lufkin man who claimed he was unfairly prosecuted under the statute.

Gerardo Flores, now 21, is serving a life sentence for stomping on his teenage girlfriend’s abdomen days before Erica Basoria miscarried twins in 2004. The cause of death appeared to be blunt force trauma, a doctor testified.

At his trial, Basoria testified that she repeatedly begged Flores — her boyfriend of one year and father of the twins — to help end the pregnancy by stepping on her stomach. Because the twins were 20 to 22 weeks old, Basoria said, she could not find a doctor willing to perform an abortion.

Prosecutors, however, noted that Basoria’s injuries — swollen lips and bruises on her face, upper arms, leg and chest — were more consistent with an assault. They dismissed the then-16-year-old’s explanation, telling jurors that Basoria’s defense was a classic case of a battered woman protecting her abuser.

I’m personally against abortion, but I am also pro-choice — it’s not something I would ever choose or advocate for those I know and care about. I do believe that states, and not our Federal government should decide the legality of abortion for themselves.

Just like Texas has upheld that stomping two fetus to death is murder. The kids lucky he didn’t get the death penalty for his capital murder.

I’d love to be able to ask Sen. Obama and Clinton their thoughts on this Texas law during their upcoming Austin debate. Even though I think I know their answer.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Thursday, February 14th, 2008 | Trackback |

5 Responses to “Texas Upholds Fetal Protection Law”

I’m personally against abortion, but I am also pro-choice — it’s not something I would ever choose or advocate for those I know and care about. I do believe that states, and not our Federal government should decide the legality of abortion for themselves.

Then you aren’t pro-choice. Pro-choice advocates believe that they have the constitutional right to murder their unborn children. If it is a Constitutional right, then it CANNOT be up to the states to decide the legality for themselves.

The whole question boils down to when life begins. It is undeniable that every living human being possesses the natural right to life. Therefore, what is the definition of a “living human being?”

As far as I’m concerned, life begins at conception…therefore, committing murder against that unborn human life is a violation of its natural right to life, is unconstitutional as well as immoral and should be illegal.

Allowing each state to decide is neither pro-choice (what I would call anti-life) or pro-life, it is a compromise between them.

Anyone who portends to believe that 1)All living humans possess the natural right to life and 2)Life begins at conception, should be opposed to ANY “choice” when it comes to abortion.

If you believe those two points (and I’m not saying you do…perhaps you believe that life begins after the first trimester, or after birth, or after weaning, or after turning 21…who knows) but advocates for anything less than a total prohibition is either a coward…afraid to take an unpopular stand…or a hypocrite.

Left by Sailorcurt on February 14th, 2008 at 10:26 am

While Obama was Senator in Illinois, he voted against a bill which would have allowed medical treatment for any infant born alive after a failed abortion. Think about that. What kind of person could possibly condone that? A man who believes some lives have more value than others, that’s who. A man who is simply inhumane, that’s who. A man who will hold all our lives in his hands, that’s who.

Think Obama will be asked about that during the Presidential debates? If I was John McCain, I’d make sure it came up.

Left by Dianne on February 14th, 2008 at 10:33 am

How often does this happen, Dianne?

Left by Preston on February 14th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

wow… the king of victimologists perspectives wants to argue for the rule instead of the exception. did i miss something?

Left by adam on February 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am

The testimony leading up to adoption of the federal law prohibiting this despicable practice was compelling. Two nurses testified seeing a number of occasions when born live infants were left unattended to die, one or more only aborted because they had Down’s Syndrome. I also recall a woman now an adult who survived such a procedure but can’t think of her name right now.

Obviously, most infants who are aborted and subject to those procedures don’t live. But, the point is it is unconscionable to think that any person would be so inhumane as to condone such practice as not caring for these babies. And, Obama was one of them.

Furthermore, I am now reading on Drudge that Daniel Ortega is supporting Obama. A known marxist.

Think about this, Preston and think about the consequences of a country headed by a man of this kind of character.

Left by Dianne on February 15th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

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