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[Opinion] Texas vow to 'eliminate all rapists' rings hollow at clinics

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At least a dozen states also have bans that make no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The absence of exceptions has caused divisions among Republicans. A sexual assault hotline in Houston has answered almost 4,800 calls this year. More than 14,000 rape crimes have been reported in Texas since the law took effect last year.

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Year after Texas abortion ban, Abbott vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ unfulfilled

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas’ new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would...

2 years ago·Dallas, United States

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Texas inexplicably failed to 'eliminate all rapists' in the year following Abbott's vow

Last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended his state’s no-exceptions six-week abortion ban by insisting the state was going to “work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going after and arresting them and prosecuting them. And getting them off the streets.”The Associated Press has revisited those remarks, checking in with sexual assault counselors in Texas and—surprise!—Abbott has not yet eli…

2 years ago·United States

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Krem2 News

Texas vow to 'eliminate all rapists' rings hollow at clinics

Gov. Greg Abbott defended the lack of a rape exception in Texas's abortion law with a strong pledge. One year later, resource centers say numbers have stayed high.

2 years ago·Spokane, United States

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Texas vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ rings hollow at clinics | The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLEAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas’ new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would get to work eliminating rapes.One year later, Lindsey LeBlanc is busy as ever helping rape victims in a college town outside Houston.“The numbers have stayed consistently high,” said LeBlanc, executive director of the Sexual Assault Resource Center in Bryan…

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[Opinion] Texas vow to 'eliminate all rapists' rings hollow at clinics

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Year after Texas abortion ban, Abbott vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ unfulfilled

Year after Texas abortion ban, Abbott vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ unfulfilled

Texas inexplicably failed to 'eliminate all rapists' in the year following Abbott's vow

Texas inexplicably failed to 'eliminate all rapists' in the year following Abbott's vow

Texas vow to 'eliminate all rapists' rings hollow at clinics

Texas vow to 'eliminate all rapists' rings hollow at clinics

Texas vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ rings hollow at clinics | The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle

Texas vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ rings hollow at clinics | The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle

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