TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – “It’s absolutely none of my business. I will not prosecute Texas women or anyone else who pursues the same rights.”
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar expressed his feelings about the overturning of Roe’s Supreme Court against Wade, a remarkable 1973 decision that restored access to state abortion.
Sheriff Salazar shared a post on Facebook on June 28, praising his daughters and the woman’s right to choose.
“I am the sheriff of Bexar County, but also the father of two beautiful and intelligent young women. As their father, I will defend my daughters’ ability to do what they think is right with their own bodies and to love whomever they choose. As their father, I have no control over their adult bodies. As their sheriff, this is absolutely not my job. I will not prosecute Texas women or anyone else who pursues the same rights.
Shame on the Supreme Court and the bureaucrats in Washington and Austin who are trying to impose their own supposed morals on others. They will not use my badge or the color of my office to do so. My job is to pursue predators, rapists and human traffickers, not someone who exercises law.
If these career politicians would like to impose religion, then they must remember that there are many other commandments in the scriptures that they themselves have very publicly chosen to ignore.
If it’s really about child protection, how about we start with those in our schools? “
The decision of June 24, 2022 came in a case related to a Mississippi law that prohibits abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and the court overturned the decision of the 5th U.S. District Court of Appeal, which blocked the measure.
Judge Samuel Alito delivered the court’s opinion and was joined by Judges Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Cavanaugh and Amy Connie Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts agreed. The three liberal judges of the court expressed different opinions.
“Rowe was extremely wrong from the start. His reasoning was extremely weak and the decision had detrimental consequences. And far from leading to a national settlement of the abortion issue, Rowe and Casey sparked a debate and deepened the division,” he said in a statement. the majority. “It is time to listen to the constitution and return the issue of abortion to elected representatives.
A June 29 Texas judge’s decision to block ban officials after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the country’s constitutional right to conduct proceedings.
The order allows clinics to resume services for now in a state where abortion has already been strictly limited to just six weeks of pregnancy under a so-called “trigger law” that went into effect in September, which the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block.
The Texas legislature has approved a new law called the Protection of Human Life Act in the event that Rowe v. Wade is repealed.
Republican Gov. Caprilione of Southlake is the author of the bill.
“What this legislation does is it extends the protection of the state to all lives,” Caprilione said. “I think that’s important. I think that’s what those of us who have been in favor of life for a long time have always said and always prayed about. “
Representative Caprilione said he wanted to expand prenatal and postnatal health services and adoption programs during the next legislative session, which begins in January.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office and county attorneys will enforce the trigger law for criminal and civil penalties.
Like Sheriff Salazar, Dallas County Attorney General John Crusoe also issued a statement saying he would not prosecute women who have abortions.
“I want women in Texas, and especially here in Dallas County, to be reassured that my office won’t stop them from seeking the health care they need,” Crusoe said.
Taranto County Attorney Sharon Wilson also sent a statement to CBS 11.
“Prosecutors don’t make the law – we follow it,” Wilson said. “We followed Rowe against Wade when it was law, and we will follow Texas law now.”
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Bessera said on June 28, saying, “We will do everything we can to ensure that women have access to the health care they need. Every option is on the table. “
Bessera addressed concerns about misinformation, stressing that she wants women to understand that “they have not lost all their rights.”
“We intend to protect people’s rights according to the law,” he said.
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