Why Put These Issues on the Emergency List?
Abortion politics is back on center stage in Texas, with Gov. Rick Perry putting legislation that failed twice in the last four years on his list of top priorities for the Texas Legislature.
It’s up there with voter ID, state support for a balanced federal budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, eminent domain and a ban on sanctuary cities.
Why?
Timing is one reason — it’s harder for opponents to stop something at the start of a session. And there’s an advantage to taking care of single-subject bills before the big stuff — like the $15 billion to ...
Comments (2)
Kilo Whiskey
The Sonogram bill will save the lives, and the sooner it is passed & implemented, the more lives it will save. Texans had over 84,000 abortions in 2008, and this bill may reduce that rate by one-third, saving over 2000 lives per month. That's why it is urgent.
Americans believe in Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness; we need to keep first things first!
Justin Time
What we need to pass is a law requiring all progressives to be registered like pets are. Something that we can identify them by from over a thousand yards. Perhaps its design could be that of one large fluorescent ring and within that another smaller ring with a dot in the middle. Yea that I like that.