Megan Miller
Professor Corley
GOVT 2306
March 20, 2016
Abortion in Texas
Texas policies have now made it harder for women to have an abortion. According to the Texas Abortion Clinic Map on fundtexaschoice.org as of today “ten out of thirty six clinics remain open. The policy that closed the twenty six clinics is called HB2”. According to Section 245 of the Texas Health and Safety Code facilities are required to undergo major reconstruction and meet much higher standards that will cost a lot of money; these policies have resulted in the closure of majority of the Texas clinics because they are not considered Ambulatory Surgical Centers (What is HB2?). According to research from the American Journal of Public Health the average distance that …show more content…
The Green Party of Texas is against women being forced into abortion, forced into sterilization, forced into taking contraception and forced into sexual intercourse (II.A.7). According to the Texas Libertarian Party they believe that the government should not be able to provide, control, or require health care (II.2.A). The Libertarian Party believes that abortion is a sensitive matter and that the government should be kept out of the subject and that the decision should be left for each person to decide their stance on the issue. Although they believe the government should stay out of this affair they do not support state-funded abortions. They feel that it is not fair to force someone to pay for some one else’s abortion if that individual believes that abortion is murder. Utilization of prenatal testing, Caesarean births, fetal surgery, and home births should be a decision made by the woman because it is the woman’s right and the not the state’s right to concern themselves with those personal medical decisions (Personal Liberty 1.5). The Republican Party of Texas believes that an …show more content…
The other three political groups focus on medical intelligence and fact based evidence which I myself believe is much more appropriate for the situation. I do not really align myself with any particular political group but I can undoubtedly say that I do not align with majority of the opinions held by the Republican Party of Texas. Mainly because I believe that majority of their platform violates the first amendment of the United States Constitution by enacting laws that enforce known religious dogmas. The platform for The Libertarian Party of Texas did not directly comment on their abortion beliefs I had to go a national Libertarian Party page and read their platform to gather more information on their beliefs about abortion. Although abortion is a delicate matter I do believe that their platform should discuss the issue because it is important to our state. Three of the four political parties were pro-choice and believed that a woman should be able to make her own health decisions without interference from the government. The main difference between the Texas Democratic Party, the Texas Green Party and the Texas Libertarian Party is whether or not they believe abortion should be funded by the
Professor Corley
GOVT 2306
March 20, 2016
Abortion in Texas
Texas policies have now made it harder for women to have an abortion. According to the Texas Abortion Clinic Map on fundtexaschoice.org as of today “ten out of thirty six clinics remain open. The policy that closed the twenty six clinics is called HB2”. According to Section 245 of the Texas Health and Safety Code facilities are required to undergo major reconstruction and meet much higher standards that will cost a lot of money; these policies have resulted in the closure of majority of the Texas clinics because they are not considered Ambulatory Surgical Centers (What is HB2?). According to research from the American Journal of Public Health the average distance that …show more content…
The Green Party of Texas is against women being forced into abortion, forced into sterilization, forced into taking contraception and forced into sexual intercourse (II.A.7). According to the Texas Libertarian Party they believe that the government should not be able to provide, control, or require health care (II.2.A). The Libertarian Party believes that abortion is a sensitive matter and that the government should be kept out of the subject and that the decision should be left for each person to decide their stance on the issue. Although they believe the government should stay out of this affair they do not support state-funded abortions. They feel that it is not fair to force someone to pay for some one else’s abortion if that individual believes that abortion is murder. Utilization of prenatal testing, Caesarean births, fetal surgery, and home births should be a decision made by the woman because it is the woman’s right and the not the state’s right to concern themselves with those personal medical decisions (Personal Liberty 1.5). The Republican Party of Texas believes that an …show more content…
The other three political groups focus on medical intelligence and fact based evidence which I myself believe is much more appropriate for the situation. I do not really align myself with any particular political group but I can undoubtedly say that I do not align with majority of the opinions held by the Republican Party of Texas. Mainly because I believe that majority of their platform violates the first amendment of the United States Constitution by enacting laws that enforce known religious dogmas. The platform for The Libertarian Party of Texas did not directly comment on their abortion beliefs I had to go a national Libertarian Party page and read their platform to gather more information on their beliefs about abortion. Although abortion is a delicate matter I do believe that their platform should discuss the issue because it is important to our state. Three of the four political parties were pro-choice and believed that a woman should be able to make her own health decisions without interference from the government. The main difference between the Texas Democratic Party, the Texas Green Party and the Texas Libertarian Party is whether or not they believe abortion should be funded by the