New and Improved Texas Program Penalizes Doctors Who Acknowledge Abortion Exists
The state’s Attorney General explained in a letter that the new, improved, 41% shinier Texas Women’s Health Program will not only exclude abortion providers and affiliates, it will also exclude abortion promoters and affiliates of organizations that promote abortion. Per the letter,
outside the scope of TWHP, the provider does not perform or promote elective abortions and does not affiliate with an entity that performs or promotes elective abortions; and (2) within the scope of TWHP, the provider does not promote elective abortions, is physically separated from any abortion-providing or abortion-promoting entity, and does not operate under an identification mark that is registered to an entity thatperforms or promotes elective abortions.
What does “promote abortions” mean? Medical scrubs that say “child-free’s the way to be?” Several thousands of credit card rewards points redeemable for airline miles if you have an abortion on an off-peak weekday? Posters everywhere for The Terminator? Unfortunately, no. By the definition of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, “promoting” abortion means to simply mention it as an option for women. That’s promoting it!