Triumph of the GOP Supervillains: Texas Senate Passes Abortion Bill
LatestLess than a week after the Texas House of Representatives passed an unreasonably onerous bill restricting safe and legal access to abortion, the Texas Senate has followed suit, passing the abortion restrictions by a vote of 19 to 11. In other words, if the Texas abortion debate were a superhero movie, Gov. Rick Perry and his evil Republican minions would have triumphed even after Wendy Davis flew around the Earth and reversed its rotation in order to turn back time. Who wants to see that kind of movie?
For starters, Rick Santorum (the newest head of Christian movie studio EchoLight) probably does, which is why he showed up in Austin with his wire-tight jaw and sweater-vest sheathed torso. Indeed, the Senate’s decision on Friday was the culmination of a week-long debate in both the media and around Austin about the restrictive new bill, which, according to CNN,