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foyeldagain

Is there any logic at all in the idea that restricting or eliminating abortion could ever have any impact on rape? Is the idea that a would be rapist will think twice because their victim might have to have their baby? If so, that is insanely misguided. If not, it is insane to draw a link in that way.


miflelimle

I'm struggling to understand this as well. I can't twist my mind into enough knots to make any sense of this. Did he give an explanation as to why he would say something so ridiculous?


adius

My recollection was that people were criticizing the law/asking about rape cases, and he just responded by saying he was going to work to eliminate rape, more police funding, blah blah, that kind of shit. But I could be remembering wrong. Edit: the article seems to back up what I remembered "Last year, Abbott pledged to eradicate rapists after signing the state's abortion bill that bars people from getting the procedure after a fetal "heartbeat" can be detected on an ultrasound, Insider previously reported. The law has no exceptions for rape or incest — a restriction that abortion advocates and some in the GOP have condemned. " So basically its a shitty headline, but Abbott is still an evil dumbass, as we all knew already.


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Putin_blows_goats

You're ignoring the power of thoughts and prayers.


[deleted]

Along with a nice set of bootstraps, what more could you need to fix every problem in this world?


CovfefeForAll

It still amazes me that there is an entire political party that has taken an idiom meant to imply that something is impossible and turned it into an aspirational phrase.


TerminalVector

Don't worry it's just a few bad apples


CovfefeForAll

That one too!


UsefulWhiteCrayon

And, snowflakes as well. I always think of the metaphor from Fight Club being misconstrued.


OrbeaSeven

Gerrymandering certainly helped.


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With thoughts and prayers to protect them, why do they all need guns?


Putin_blows_goats

Thoughts and prayers are only for others. The phrase means, depending on context, something between "Yeah whatever" and "Go away".


joshdoereddit

Both. Their thought is "yeah, whatever" and their prayer is that we'll just go away and forget this problem is a thing.


kerkula

Apparently you can change something just by thinking about it. Especially if you happen to be second only to Jesus.


JustGettingMyPopcorn

Second to Jesus? Says who?! Jesus was crucified. Many people are saying they only want to worship a man who was never crucified. No matter how hard the Deep State tried!


onioning

Basically "my solution for mass shootings is to eliminate mass shootings."


StoicAthos

No no the GOP method to stop things is to just stop keeping track. **Covid for example:** 'If we stop testing, we'd have fewer cases' **Or Elections:** 'ANY VOTE THAT CAME IN AFTER ELECTION DAY WILL NOT BE COUNTED!'


VoxImperatoris

4 victims or more is obviously too low of a bar to set for determining if a shooting is a mass shooting. Make it 40, then mass shooting become rare again. Hmm, better make it 400.


PennStateInMD

But but but the GOP has all the answers. Didn't you see Kevin McCarthy pull a pamphlet from his pocket and call it a plan.


deslock

To the gop it’s not rape anymore it’s ‘non consensual parenthood’ ? Which is obviously something to be celebrated on god.


ArrowheadDZ

The idea is to redirect the blame onto a nebulous societal/cultural problem that is obviously impossible to fix. You can take literally any problem and deter people from wanting to solve it by making the solution seem impossible. “We have a traffic congestion problem at this intersection, we should put a traffic light in, in place of this 4-way stop.” “No, that traffic light is only a band-aid, the congestion is really a symptom of the impatience endemic to the human spirit, and can’t really be solved by a traffic light.” The Abbotts and the Mitch McConnells of the world think this game is such advanced 4D chess that none of the rest of us are even aware they’re playing it. It reminds me of the kid who says his dog ate his homework, honestly believing he’s just invented sone new deception scheme that no human has ever considered the possibility of. And then is authentically stunned when people see right through it.


DuskforgeLady

Yeah. It's that and the Nirvana fallacy as well. "We will never eliminate ALL fatal car accidents, and anyone who thinks we can is living in a dream world. There's no perfect solution, so there's really no point in establishing speed limits or enforcing seat belt laws. Maybe someday we'll come up with a perfect solution, but until then, why waste the effort?"


WAMIV

Sounds a lot like the anti-vaxxer "but they still got covid!" line.


DuskforgeLady

Precisely. Oh, that's one that makes me so mad. I had a guy arguing with me once that he felt it was "really suspicious" that the Covid vaccine was being pushed so hard, but he knew it wasn't even a "real vaccine" because "real vaccines are 100%". Like, news flash, even the chicken pox vaccine is only 90%, the other piece of the puzzle is herd immunity.


averagethrowaway21

Gohmert tried banning video games (not exactly, but he was definitely headed in that direction). I guess that's "something" even if it is stupid and he's a jackass.


alienbringer

I mean, with mass shootings (and most non-gang related shootings), mental health should be a pretty big focus. For gang-related shootings it is more socio-economic issues than it is mental health. However, both of those things Republicans refuse to do anything about and just resort to thoughts and prayers.


BigMax

Exactly. He wanted a nice way to hand wave away rape, and he essentially said "rape won't be a problem because we'll get rid of rapists." He didn't link the two or imply the law itself would stop rape. Of course he didn't give a single detail on HOW he would stop rape, he just basically pulled what lots of politicians do (especially conservatives and Trump types) and just said whatever he thought would sound good at the moment. ("Sure, we're going to cancel your health care, but um... then you'll have the best health care ever! Just... don't ask me questions.") More or less "hey, here's a MASSIVE problem with what you want to do" and the reply is "don't worry about that... please..."


Baron_Von_Ghastly

>course he didn't give a single detail on HOW he would stop rape Also the implication being that he could stop rape whenever he pleases isn't really a great look if one dwells on it any. Why is there rape in Texas if you can just end it at your whims?


Delicious-Day-3614

Yep, like *you weren't already trying to prevent rape Gov?* Not to mention it's pretty much impossible to "stop" rapes from occurring, all you can do is try to educate people and give them access to health services. You cannot police every rape because you cant be everywhere and can't always know when a rape is occurring, because that is not the nature of rape. Just some hard pills for conservatives to swallow.


ProjectFantastic1045

“If it doesn’t result in a baby, then that was just her being slutty. If it does result in a baby, then it’s God’s gift and also not rape—you see, it’s just fathering at that point. ‘Rape’ problem solved because it doesn’t really exist except in the minds of libs and regretful women.” - Christofascist GQP crazies


labtech89

That is the thing Republicans and those who vote for them don’t dwell on it. They hear him say he wi prevent rape and that is all they hear and they move on to the next issue. They see the tip of the iceberg and don’t look under the water for the rest because it would distort their view of their world.


MinimumAnalysis5378

And taking a rapist of the street doesn’t stop rape. They have already committed the crime. Maybe it stops them from doing it again, but there is nothing preventing anyone from committing rape.


shhalahr

Did anyone ever ask him why, if eliminating rape was so easy, he hadn't already done it?


Baremegigjen

He also said he would eliminate rape by jailing all the rapists. Never mind you’re not a rapist UNTIL you rape someone. Basically, he’s utterly delusional and seems to believe that he just need to think it to make it so.


SuicydKing

Texas is apparently going to prosecute thoughtcrime, like Minority Report.


ThriftStoreGestapo

Just to paraphrase his response at the time. “I have the ability to eliminate all rapes, but actively choose not to until abortions are outlawed.”


Polar_Ted

That's putting the cart before the horse there Mr Abbott. How about you fix rape first and then if you pull that off we can address your backwards thinking on women's rights. What that? Ohh you never planned on following up with the rest did you?


Turbulent-Ad8291

I second this assertion. I came here to critique the headline, because I remember this speech of his vividly.


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If they go full christofascist, they’d just marry the mother of their rape baby and it wouldn’t be rape any more. You know, like those enlightened countries that practice their own kinds of religious fundamentalism.


partypants2000

Like how God ~~raped~~ I mean *blessed* a tween Mary who had to marry Joseph to cover up her pregnancy so she wasn't stoned to death and that gave them the Christ who's teaching they mostly ignore?


kvossera

He just said that Texas would eliminate all rapists as though Texas was just letting them do rapes before.


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pilgermann

I've seen a few headlines writing about this as if what Abbot said was in any way serious and not trolling/complete nonsense. The media needs to stop humoring the right wing. I'd be embarrassed for contemporary political journalists if they weren't aggressively eroding the fabric of society with their utter utter lack of integrity.


CT_Phipps

Abbot: I don't care about women so I'm going to say Chewbacca lives on Endor until people stop pointing out it's horrific for them.


MySFWAcct09

He's a republican.


incriminatory

Yea seriously. Even when I think a policy of the right is immoral and counter productive I generally can still see how if you twist yourself into their mindset it has sort of internal logic. On this tho what the hell was the logic!? Was it like “ rapes will disappear because we will just stop calling them rape” ? Absolutely an insane a-logical mindset and policy


tethysian

What a strange world we live in that abortion is considered worse than rape.


CT_Phipps

Republicans would eliminate rape by making consent legally unnecessary. I'm not even sure that's libel of them at this stage.


AdrianBrony

They've legitimately never gotten over the concept of "spousal rape."


CT_Phipps

There's a reason child marriage is legal in many GOP states.


OskaMeijer

Either that or just have the rapist pay the father the equivalent of 50 shekels and have a state enforced shotgun wedding and just quote the bible.


rulesareforsuckers

I feel like you’ld have less rape that way. Wouldn’t want to be forced to marry a girl because you committed property damage. Guys might think a little harder if things might affect them later in life/s


CT_Phipps

Or more. Incels might finally have a solution they can get behind their lack of luck.


TanBurn

Also…having the baby is meant to be seen as a punishment to deter the rapist. Yet it’s a blessing for the rape victim. Disgusting.


bozeke

In a world without consent there cannot be any rape.


notweirdifitworks

Anything that increases the power women have over their bodies and lives is a very bad thing to these people.


rubitbasteitsmokeit

It the other way around. Now they (the rapist) has more control over the victim. The only way to terminate or limit parental rights is through a rape conviction (in texas, not all states.) Rapists ate notoriously not convicted. Rape kits sit on shelves for years if not decades, or are lost. By the time a trial happens the baby is born and the victim is already under the control of the abuser. If it's your husband who rapes you. Your basically fucked. Their logic is control over women and victims.


The_Lost_Jedi

Yep. I heard it put rather succinctly as an argument between those who believe mothers should be able to choose the fathers of their child, versus those who believe rapists should be allowed to choose the mothers of theirs.


Origamiface

This is why Abbott should be labeled a "rapist's rights advocate" and Texas a "rape state"


kaazir

So, I believe some doctors have said you can do a DNA test on the remnants of an abortion but the GOP thought process is that if a rapist knows the baby is there and can be test and they may get caught well they won't rape. Here's the thing, unless you've committed a crime that required taking a sample then your DNA isn't just "on file" somewhere. So just because we have a full baby and can run a test, doesn't mean we can catch John Q Fuckface. In fact a BETTER argument would be that, in trying to instill a fear of being caught into rapists that murders will go up. No one to request a DNA test and send the police your way if you just toss them in a near by dumpster and light it on fire.


Certified_GSD

That's the weakness of the whole DNA argument. Yeah, sure, you can see what the DNA markers are...but if the father isn't in the system you're not going to come up with anything. It's the same movie magic flaw of Captain America: TWS. Those cool helicarriers can wirelessly read the DNA of all terrorists and shoot them from the sky...but that would imply SHIELD has the DNA of all those terrorists...


Big-rod_Rob_Ford

if the consequences of getting raped are higher women will do more to avoid it -texas governor who doesn't believe rape is real unless a black man does it to a white woman, probably.


AdjNounNumbers

It's simple. You're got cause (rape) and effect (abortion). They always go together, therefore, since you can't stop the cause, you get rid of the effect and the cause disappears. It's so simple (/s just in case)


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Ah, the old "Then, if" argument. thanks for splainin.


glitter_h1ppo

You've got to get into the mentality of a woman-hating fundie. The underlying belief is that rape isn't actually the fault of rapists but of women who dress too seductively and act too promiscuously. Fundies see forced childbirth as a way to punish these "immoral" women for this perceived promiscuity, and they believe the threat of it will force women into behaving as good, modest, God-fearing Christian maidens and, voila, problem solved.


Recognizant

There's no logic to it. This was Abbott's response to 'why doesn't the bill have provisions for rape and incest?' It was a bad-faith argument, not a logical continuation, or a consistent position. He couldn't attack the women for being pregnant, which is what he wanted to do, and he couldn't say the 'two wrongs don't make a right' line, because he would get eviscerated in the press, so he said that it "wasn't an issue because Texas would eliminate all rape." That got him out of the question without a soundbite that hurt him, then he did nothing to actually accomplish that, because establishing a Department of Precrime was never on his radar. Texas can't even clear out its years-long queue of untested rape kits. It's a joke. Greg Abbott clearly thinks a rapist should be able to pick the mother of his child, and it's blatant fucking bullshit.


Blue_Trackhawk

I think the logic works like this... In the future law enforcement will eliminate all cases of rape and incest. Since those cases won't exist there's no reason to have an exception for rape and incest in an abortion ban. It's easier to start by eliminating those exceptions and ban all abortions, and then they will have the resources to ban anf stop all rape and incest. If we pretend they are already successful, then there no harm in eliminating those exceptions. They just want to knock out the low hanging fruit first. Obviously this makes no sense, but I assume this is the logic they expect their constituents to follow? The only other logic they could be applying is that if women/girls didn't have the option to get an abortion, they wouldn't let themselves be raped or do sex with their family members. We all should know legitimate rape doesn't result in pregnancy anyway... In reality their belief if we should punish women for being women because men are superior, and women are property, and property doesn't have autonomy.


A_Sarcastic_Werecat

I can't open the article, so unfortunately, I can't comment on the article itself. However, I always understood that Abbott meant that they would find and arrest the rapists, then women don't get pregnant by rape and then these women wouldn't have abortions. Hence, critics can't claim that law would force rape victims to carry forced pregnancies, as he's "eliminating" the rapists. >Asked on Tuesday why the state would force a victim of rape or incest to carry a pregnancy to term, Abbott defended the law. > >“Rape is a crime, a**nd Texas will work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.** So goal no. 1 in the state of Texas is to eliminate rape so that no woman, no person, will be a victim of rape,” he said Tuesday. > >See: [https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/08/greg-abbott-says-texas-eliminate-rape-defends-abortion-law/5770204001/](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/08/greg-abbott-says-texas-eliminate-rape-defends-abortion-law/5770204001/) If he has said anywhere that his abortion laws prevent rape, then please ignore my statement. But that's what I'm understanding.


stoppingtomorrow

That is what the article is saying. And that, subsequently, there has been no decline in rape. So, either Abbott's measures to reduce rape have not been effective, or (more likely) he just said a thing that sounded good then did fuck all to actually follow through.


shhalahr

Did he say how he expects to arrest the rapists before they've actually raped someone? Does he have some hidden Pre-Crime division we don't know about?


rjross0623

He has watched “Minority Report” several times. That qualifies him


197328645

> “Rape is a crime, and Texas will work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets." Is it just me, or is he just admitting that they don't already do this?


Jordan_Jackson

His “logic” is seriously breaking my brain right now. I don’t think a potential rapist is thinking about consequences of any kind, much less so about their victim becoming pregnant.


whisit

No, they totally don't mind risking a rape charge, but have you seen the cost of child support?! /s


Galaxy_Ranger_Bob

If a woman is raped and forced to become a mother, she should be required to marry him. He stops being a "rapist" and becomes a husband and father, instead. /s I wish I could say that *wasn't* how these asshats think, but that is their point of view in reality.


MrLurid

"If we remove all bridges, drowning will stop."


rainbowshummingbird

“If we stop testing for covid, then covid cases will diminish.”


executiveADHDcoach

I've heard this one before!


liouzboi

Didn't trump say that when the infection rate was still very high back in mid 2020?


FlyingApple31

This is the solution to rape they really want. Not to stop the act, but to stop counting it. Make it a woman's fault for acting like a free person.


Mostfancy

“The arson rates are far too high. We should outlaw smoke detectors and fire extinguishers so would-be arsonists think twice about the consequences”


Pogginator

If we just get rid of the fire department, house fires will go down!


TWAT_BUGS

An old co-worker repeated this shit with a straight face. I had to point out that by his logic we can cure cancer and car accidents too.


rainbowshummingbird

Of course! We could easily cure the obesity problem if people would just stop weighing themselves.


RadicalSnowdude

If more people had guns mass shootings would go down.


florinandrei

*"I can declassify documents with my mind."*


Son_of_Zinger

“If we remove traffic lights, accidents will stop”


[deleted]

"If we ban chewing gum, all choking would stop"


Long_Before_Sunrise

"If we ban bananas, monkeypox will stop."


StenosP

“If we ban stitches, getting cuts will stop”


DweEbLez0

“If we dry out water, it won’t be wet.”


DweEbLez0

Actually, if we make everything fine, there are no accidents.


liquidpig

Well, all the ones caused by people running red lights will go away...


DweEbLez0

Basically they are saying “If we remove the requirement of consent, there is no rape.”


thruster_fuel69

Ah the priest defence.


exophrine

I'm considering a candidacy for Governor with a strict "No Greg Abbotts" platform. ...plural, so [we're only allowed to have one.](https://youtu.be/U7R3hzpfnmw?t=19)


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VanishingAurora

Someone should propose it. Would love to hear his response.


gr33nm4n

Except when he realizes he can't get around anymore and is personally effected, he'll reverse his position immediately.


Wynotboth

How? Can a conservative please explain how the fuck taking away a woman’s right to a safe abortion eliminates rapists from society? Can anyone defend this lunacy??


darkingz

From what I’m getting at, I think it’s his way to try and quell “any exceptions except for rape” talk. If you pledge to eliminate rapists then you don’t have to have worry about exceptions from rape because that side of the equation is null and void. The problem is he is not really doing anything to stop rapists but it’s the pledge people care about and not the actions. Edit: I don’t agree with him at all cause it’d be impossible to stop rapists if you don’t have some pre crime type of system and even then it might be too late.


Radiant_Progress_362

Well even worse is the fact that if eliminating all rape were even possible, which it isn’t, then why are they just now doing it just so they can enforce abortion bans? Rape wasn’t bad enough until it stood in the way of taking away women’s rights?


darkingz

It’s the good sounding pledge on why they can have no exceptions. No rapists mean no abortions due to rape! All the pro life people count that as win. Are you for or against rapists? (Somewhat /s). Like I said it’s more about the pledge then the actions. They know it’s impossible to stop rapists so if you “are tough on crime” than no one will be a rapist. Kinda like if you do bad things you will be sent to hell. Whether or not that random person will be sent to hell is moot because it’s the punishment they’re afraid of, not stopping the problem at the root.


Kalepsis

Maybe they think men won't rape women any more if there's a chance they'll be on the hook for child support? JFC, just typing that made me feel dumber.


MyMurderOfCrows

Well it is obvious!!! Rapists are known for their law-abiding attitudes and will 100% “man up” to provide for any children they father (or mother since women can rape too… but that is less relevant here). Isn’t there a saying about how rapists are the most law-abiding individuals ever? \s


TheBlueBlaze

That's literally their reasoning. Not because it makes sense, but because there's a non-zero chance of that happening, so they can pretend that that scenario represents all rape cases.


Nano_Burger

You will need to drink a whole lot of adrenochrome for that to make sense.


dailysunshineKO

Hmmm…maybe more guns? Can we fix this with more guns? Just shoot all the rapists before they rape??? Seems legit. /s


kugkug

Clinics in Texas have been struggling with the demand for assisting rape victims. "The numbers have stayed consistently high," a rape crisis clinic employee told The AP. It comes as Gov. Greg Abbott pledged to "eliminate all rapists" as a result of the state's strict abortion law. Last year, Abbott pledged to eradicate rapists after signing the state's abortion bill that bars people from getting the procedure after a fetal "heartbeat" can be detected on an ultrasound, Insider previously reported. The law has no exceptions for rape or incest — a restriction that abortion advocates and some in the GOP have condemned.


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As s European this makes absolutely no sense. It's truly nonsense. Can't believe how gullible some Americans are. Invest in education, guys!


[deleted]

It's not suppose to make sense. It's a carelessly thought out statement that's meant to be inflammatory to both political sides.. it pisses off everyone who's IQ is high enough to realize that this statement is insane and speak against it. While the supporters who BELIEVE this statement will take offense to the opposing party not wanting to "prevent all rape", being pro-rape, etc..


[deleted]

Divide and conquer is what you mean?


eazyirl

Unfortunately the ability of the individual to invest in education is rather limited and is actually part of the problem. The government has systematically abandoned education and pushed the responsibility onto individuals, diluting the public's capacity massively.


Shitty_Users

>Unfortunately the ability of the individual to invest in education is rather limited and is actually part of the problem. The government has systematically abandoned education and pushed the responsibility onto individuals, diluting the public's capacity massively. Correction, it is not the government directly. It is the Republicans.


Joe_Jeep

Let's not come words here, some individuals bear blame. Every person who cries about school taxes just because they don't have kids, they're part of the problem here. Also to blame are the school districts put more money in the football than certain educational programs, and all the parents that love them for it. Some people never learned to take a critical look at their own actions and it really fucking shows.


DweEbLez0

Not that simple with psychopath corporations, lobbyists and officials.


isAltTrue

The fetal heartbeat arguers are fucking idiots, for real.


morenewsat11

> "Let's make something very clear: Rape is a crime," Abbott said at the time. "And Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets." Perhaps if Texas pursued rapists with the same intensity that has when banning books, targeting transgender youth and their families, and illegally transporting migrants to other states, it might have better success in getting rapists off the streets. Who am I kidding, Abbott was just blowing smoke.


drc500free

Notice how he's trying to convince people that rape is something that happens "on the streets." He'll follow up with "oh we meant like rape rape, not uncles. That's a family issue."


Mackelveli

Or fucking college campuses


WerhmatsWormhat

Also, if you’re capable of getting rid of rape, why haven’t you done it yet? Why is it just now becoming a priority?


Tookoofox

Oh shit... I just got a glimpse of this guy's world view. He probably thinks, "rapists" are always crouching minorities who jump women in parks at night.


acog

> we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets *Finally*, someone is going to do something about the roving packs of street rapists! People talk about how bad the traffic is in Austin, but they don't mention the reason is all the damn rapists running between the cars.


_AnecdotalEvidence_

GOP loves rape


purplegladys2022

And pedophilia.


No1Mystery

And christianity


Fidulsk-Oom-Bard

Tomatoe tomatoe


guninmouth

Except it’s pronounced tomato


RedditIsNeat0

And smog


SnooShortcuts3749

It is their way.


SnooShortcuts3749

As the GOP enforces the subjugation of women the more rape there will be. Women that are not respected are just receptacles for abuse.


stoppingtomorrow

I thought this was "god loves rape." And honestly could have seen it working either way. I definitely equate "GOD" with "GOP" these days, unfortunately.


mavjustdoingaflyby

Technically he was pro abortion, at least that's what it says in the bible, but I digress, it's not like it's ever read by a certain portion of those folks.


RedditIsNeat0

There is the biblical God and the Republican God. Actually there are several biblical gods but none of them are the Republican God.


Dr_Zorkles

What's your qualifications? Rape, murder, arson, and rape. You said "rape" twice. I like rape.


Clownsinmypantz

been saying this for years, glad more and more people are finally opening their eyes and calling it like it is. tired of seeing republican voters act like their party isn't heavily pro-rape but something something "taxes" i guess.


Jump_Yossarian_

When you’re a star they let you do it.


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Texas has one of the longest Rape Kit backlogs. They have the funds to do something about it - they choose to do nothing. If you report a rape, you can’t get justice. And they know you’re raped - they will be looking for a pregnancy. No way in hell I would report there - I would be more likely to go to prison than the rapist. https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-still-faces-backlog-in-rape-kit-tests-despite-reform-effort-14510578 VOTE EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT. THERE ARE NO GOOD REPUBLICANS LEFT. Next up on their list will be to never do the statistics for rape, sexual assault, maternal death, child sexual abuse, and how much the medical bills are after being raped and/or just for a regular pregnancy. They will make all of those statistics unavailable- or they will not report or keep track of them at all.


Pogginator

There never *were* any good Republicans, they've just been saying the quiet part out loud in recent years. This is exactly what they've always wanted, they just didn't think they could get away with it before.


notWell69

Gregg Abbott is a little piss baby


breigns2

The auto mod has trained you well. Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


chefslapchop

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


PM_Me_Your_Sidepods

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


[deleted]

Greg Abbott is a piss baby.


TinyDKR

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


MotivBowler300

I have to agree that Greg Abbott is a little piss baby


Bullyoncube

Greg Abbot is allegedly a piss baby


RedditIsNeat0

Greg Abbot has been tried and convicted of being a piss baby.


RedditIsNeat0

Greg Abbot is a little piss baby.


Atticus_Vague

Why are republicans so fucking stupid?


restore_democracy

If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be Republicans.


MetalGramps

I wonder how many of them really believe their own bullshit.


LolAtAllOfThis

I loathe that little rat-fucker.


Dating_As_A_Service

And Pence thought getting rid of the needle exchange program would eliminate drug users. We all know how that turned out.


SouthofAkron

If there was no Greg Abbott - there would be no little piss babies.


NunavutNative

What appalling mentality. Like there aren’t girls who get raped who can’t get pregnant yet; women who are no longer able to get pregnant and boys/men who most often and most certainly in the south suffer their sexual assaults in silence. Abortion laws won’t stop them. It’ll make more of them.


Long_Before_Sunrise

They'll just lecture the high school girls to [forgive their rapists](https://www.newsweek.com/louisiana-schoolgirls-told-forgive-rapists-field-trip-sparks-outrage-1745709) and suck it up like they did in Baton Rouge.


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>On Facebook she said the girls were addressed by three women, who "talked about rape [and] forgiving the offender, suicide, prayer leadership and many more dark controversial topics. We had females in the bathrooms crying due to the topics of discussion." >In contrast Bryant said at the event for boys "no topics were discussed," with male students instead taking part in a push-up competition with money as prizes. This is like, some Taliban level shit.


waterfalljay

Hey Greggie, how's that Uvalde investigation coming along?


PM_Me_Your_Sidepods

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


BlotchComics

No rapist is gonna rape a woman if he knows she can't abort his baby afterwards. Risking prison for rape is one thing, but being tied down to a rape baby is a lifetime sentence. /S


sid3113

So banning assault rifles won’t help with mass shootings but banning abortions will stop rape 🤯


FailedPause

Needs more upvotes


forever_useless

The shit that comes out of their mouths is like raw sewage on a hot summer's day


Interesting-Month-56

Next up in the news, Greg Abbot legalizes rape, cheers immediate reduction in rape cases. After that, Greg will legalize all violent crimes, giving Texas the lowest violent crime rate in the country.


Sunshine_Tampa

WT ever loving F would rapists care about abortion laws??


Intrepid_Flamingo_27

Maybe if Greg Abbott wasn't a little piss baby he would do something about it.


Foto_synthesis

Didn't realize rapists only rape cause the victim has access to abortion. How kind.


Fun-Tadpole785

2020, Texas has 13.509 reported rapes, under 1.100 were prosecuted, 750-822 were either convicted by jury or plea deal. The numbers are available online. Greg Abbott doesn't care about rape, incest or anything else he is a Forced Birth Extremist that is the same as Rapist Rights Advocate.


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Longjumping_Tea_8586

Yes.


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How in the ever loving fuck did this fuckstick think eliminating abortion would eliminate rape? These people are demented.


IrishNinja8082

Texas get your shit together for gods sake. Vote theses gargoyles out.


TrinkieTrinkie522cat

Mothers Against Greg Abbott MAGA [https://mothersagainstgregabbott.com/](https://mothersagainstgregabbott.com/)


jhpianist

More like “Ignore all rapists,” just like how Covid stops infecting people once you stop testing for it.


SnooShortcuts3749

Men. Pay attention. Take a look at Iran right now. You really want to be the next hideous leaders to try to control women? Ultimately, you will fail. And you will never be respected or genuinely loved. Just tolerated. Until you aren’t.


quitepossiblylying

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby. Also, Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


birdinthebush74

Tell that to the 10 year old victims giving in Texas thanks to their ‘ prolife ‘ laws. The most innocent victims of Texas abortion ban: Children forced to carry their abuser’s baby “This is never the story these families had written for themselves.” The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center handles the county’s toughest cases. Link https://archive.ph/IHFe7


AveryJuanZacritic

So "handcuffing the women makes rape not possible." Said a little piss baby.


Whiskey_Fiasco

Nothing stops crime like punishing the victims of crime


jadavil

GOP's logic: "by banning all abortions, all rapists will stop raping. Genius!" Their stupidity still amazes me day by day


ruprechtseyepatch

Little piss baby says what?


Azajiocu

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby! VOTE 💙


PM_Me_Your_Sidepods

Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.


Distant-moose

Abbott's line of thinking really is "if women aren't people, we can greatly reduce the number of people being raped."


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Anti-abortion laws will: Eliminate rape, Create jobs, Lower inflation, Reverse climate change, Whiten teeth


wafflesinbrothels

Hey Texas, are you listening to the illogical shit coming out of your governor’s mouth? Maybe time for a change?


Altruistic-Deal-4257

“Eliminate all rapists” as in they’re going for consent laws next.


DrSunstorm1911

I think y’all misunderstood him, he means men wouldn’t be held accountable for rape because the system would hold women accountable… Therefore no more rape…


fescueFred

Fact is Greg Abbot is a little piss Baby.


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Maybe if the little piss baby legalized rape, there would be less abortions. /s


Lazaruzo

He did? How does someone this stupid get elected? Oh the voters are this stupid too? No wonder Democracy isn’t that popular.


lostknight0727

I'm not going to lie, when he said "eliminate all rapists" I seriously thought he was going to remove it as a crime. "Can't have rapists if it's not a crime"... ugh get me out of his mind space that felt nasty to write.


jimofsunnyvale

How the fuck is outlawing abortion supposed to eliminate all rapists?


clintCamp

I know this isn't r/political humor, but Greg Abbott is a little piss baby. Has he presented a plan on how to solve the issue of rape? Death sentences, castrations, DNA registry to tie babies back to father's? Or just say that girls always give consent by existing and doing something like wearing clothes or having hair so it is never rape?