#texas laws

[thepro-lifemovement]

Texas drunken drivers who kill a child’s parent or guardian in a crash are now liable to pay child support, according to legislation that went into effect Friday.

Texas House Bill 393, also known as Bentley's Law, was first filed Nov. 14 of last year. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill June 2.

According to the law, intoxicated manslaughter culprits are only on the hook until the child turns 18 years old or finishes high school.

The amount of child support depends on multiple factors, including the child's educational needs, medical needs and any reasonable child care costs. The standard of living that the child is used to is also considered.

Anyone who is unable to make payments due to incarceration may be eligible for a payment plan.

I love this new law. Drunk drivers take away so many lives, including taking away a child’s parent(s). Other states should do the same.

#Texas #Texas laws #drunk driving #manslaughter  #Bentley’s law #child support #don’t drive drunk #ever #don’t risk it

[s0urcand1es]

what the actual fuck

#Texas laws

[wonder-never-wander]

PSA: TEXAS ABORTIONS ARE NOW A FELONY

in the state of texas, a law was passed in 2021 that declared the unborn could be included in homicide charges. abortion is considered a homicide in this state. furthermore, texas is a death row state. if you are caught having had an abortion, you have the possibility to be put on death row.

texas also has the law that citizens can sue each other. if your neighbor sees it, or literally just a stranger, they could take you to court and get you jailed for anywhere from 5 years to life. if you provide an abortion, you have the possibility to go on death row.

medicated abortions are also illegal. if you are caught mailing medicated abortions to someone in texas, you can be fined $100,000 dollars, and/or jailed for between 5 years and life. if you are caught receiving this medication, you could face the same punishment, with the addition of being executed by the state.

rape and incest are not exceptions. in order to have an abortion in the state of texas, you must be in critical condition. meaning, if you have health complications due to a pregnancy, nothing can be done until your life is on the line.

please share this as much as you can, and be aware of your standing with the law.

#im gonna fucking cry #im not joking #fuck texas #psa #important #public service announcement #public safety #abortion #abortion rights #reproductive rights #roe v wade #reproductive health #planned parenthood #abortion law #abortion laws #abortion ban #texas #texas laws #felony #fatal #this fucking sucks

[nerdpoe]

Got fed up, made a petition.

150 Credit Rule is shitty, gotta get it gone.

#texas education #university #A&M #TSU #texas laws

[emwhyarentyouwriting]

A Texas bill banning drag and drag shows, painted as a "sexually oriented business" This is TX HB643 (above).

HB643 also lists what is considered "adult" business, such are reasonable until section 2 B. "A nightclub, restaurant, or other commercial enterprise that provides for an audience of two or more individuals a drag performance." (Patterson)

One can fairly assume Texas government officials believe drag shows are inherently sexual, especially when section 1 is read.

Section 1 Ai "Live nude entertainment or live nude performances." and Aii "a drag performance; and authorizes on premises-consumption of alcoholic beverages, regardless of whether the consumption of alcoholic beverages in under a license or permit issued under the alcoholic beverages code."

Section 243.002 ,part 1, also attacks gender expression in this context "Drag Performance, means a performance in which a performer's gender identity that is different than the performer's gender assigned at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs before an audience for entertainment." This clause may theoretically also be used to attack all performers that differ from their gender assigned at birth, which is concerning.

Texas has no idea what they're talking about, sadly.

#lgbtq #lgbt rights #lgbtqiia+ #texas laws #texas #government #anti lgbtq #drag queen #drag king #drag culture #drag show #law and legal system #legal updates #legal developments #policy

[chaotic-average-child]

Y'know I was thinking about the proposed law that that one texan Law maker proposed, the "No social media until age 18" law. Unsurprisingly it came out around the election in which Republicans were horrified by Gen Z finally being allowed to vote and they did. The lawmaker ironically, Is republican. And fox has been pressing that social media is causing this and how we need to move the age of voting up!

Anyways, I know so many of you porn artist think social media is an adult space, it's not. I don't care what an app says because that's not part of the TOS. And the TOS for Tumblr Facebook Twitter, All say 13. And in my opinion 13 is a fine age. Yeah they're annoying but if you ban their ability to learn about the internet you will cause major damage later in life especially when the internet becomes more and more important.

Anyway I'll be 18 either way by the time this law is even voted over, if it is. But I'm just saying that this law is fucking stupid and is absolutely because Gen Z voted left majority.

#texas #to my fellow texans #texas laws #tumblr #social media #right wing media #the alt right pipeline failed and now theyre overreacting about it #the proof is i have a friend at school whos parents dont allow eher to use social media and when they do if she says left stuff she gets it #taken away. #all im saying is the timing is suspicious etc #and too many people werent seeing the long lasting consequences of this #not to mention mentally ill and disabled kids like myself and my friends who cant interact w other kids at school as much as other kids #one of my friends said it well #its against mentally ill and disabled people #:/ #vent

[mexicanistnet]

AMLO confronts accusations of corruption, denounces smear campaigns, challenges Texas laws, and battles censorship. It's a narrative teeming with intrigue, irony, and defiance, painting a vivid portrait of political tumult and resilience.

#president amlo #amlo #mexico #Texas laws #smear campaigns

[mysticalamity]

#tiktok #tik tok video #texas news #texas laws #pro choice #sex education #sex ed

[is-that-really-true]

landofsmooth asks:

Can you cremate a dead body in your backyard?

No, you can't. Home cremations are illegal, except in parts of Florida (Cones v. Greater Carlsbad) and Texas (Cobb v. Gumming).

#home cremations #death #dead bodies #texas laws #florida laws

[reportwire]

Roe v. Wade: Houston doctors fear rise in maternal mortality without abortion protections

Roe v. Wade: Houston doctors fear rise in maternal mortality without abortion protections

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston doctors worry about maternal mortality rates following the repeal of abortion rights in Texas. “I could not more strongly condemn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade,” said Dr. Rashmi Kudesia, an OB/GYN and fertility specialist. She, along with Dr. Lee Bar-Eli, a family physician, says the ruling intervenes with what is a private medical…

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#abortion laws #Abortion rights #doctors fear rates will rise #maternal mortality rates #roe v wade overturned #texas laws #women&x27;s rights

[kp777]

By AJ McDougall

Yahoo News

April 26, 2023

A Texas woman testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the subject of the harm of abortion bans tore into her senators on Wednesday, saying she nearly died as “a direct result” of the policies Ted Cruz and John Cornyn support.

Amanda Zurawski, one of five women suing the state of Texas for denying them abortions after medical complications arose in their pregnancies, began by noting that neither Cruz nor Cornyn was present in the room.

“But I would like for them to know that what happened to me… it’s a direct result of the policies that they support,” she said. “I nearly died on their watch. And furthermore, as a result of what happened to me, I may have been robbed of the opportunity to have children in the future.”

Despite that, Zurawski continued, she considered herself “lucky,” as she had a supportive partner and a job “that allowed me to grieve for three days as I waited to almost die.”

She raised the specter of the “many” women who need life-saving abortions but don’t have the same support system. “What about them?” she asked.

Read more and watch video clip.

#texas #abortion laws #ted cruz #john cornyn #amanda zurawski #u.s. senate judiciary committee

[thepro-lifemovement]

Dr. Ingrid Skop, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., a board-certified OB/GYN who has been practicing in Texas for more than 25 years, said:

“Respectfully, Karine Jean-Pierre needs to read the law.  Nothing in the new Texas pro-life law is in conflict with standard medical guidance, nor does it prevent me from providing the same care I have always provided women facing potentially life-threatening complications.

“Sadly, rhetoric like this from Ms. Jean-Pierre and other abortion advocates is having real-world consequences, as published reports here in Texas document that confusion over these laws has led some doctors to withhold standard medical treatment from women in emergencies.

“The law is quite clear.  An exception is allowed based on a doctor’s reasonable medical judgment for a life-threatening complication.  Guidance from professional medical societies providing specific recommendations for treating both common and uncommon pregnancy complications are also quite clear.  But the steady drumbeat of misinformation from the White House, media pundits, pro-choice medical organizations and pro-abortion activists is muddying the waters, and that has put the lives of women at risk.”

#prolife news #texas #texas laws #prolife laws #prolife #pro life #pro-life

[shinobicyrus]

This week, Supreme Court Justice Samuel "goes on expensive fishing trips with republican megadonors" Alito decided to use an official Supreme Court order to once again rail against same-sex marriage and the entire concept of safeguarding queer rights.

It was all in response to a case the Supreme Court declined to hear involving the dismissal of 3 potential jurors who claimed that they had been unfairly passed over (yes they're complaining about not being selected for jury duty) due to their religious beliefs. The case involved a woman who was suing her employer for sexual discrimination and retaliation after she started dating the ex-girlfriend of a male coworker. The 3 potential jurors that had not been selected had stated a belief to the court that homosexuality is a sin.

Rather than commenting on the obvious bias three potential jurors had against a party in the case, Alito instead spent five pages ranting about the sheer injustice that had been done to them. The case, he said, fully exemplified the "danger" that he'd predicted back in 2015, when the Supreme Court had legalized same sex marriage nationwide (in a slim 5-4 vote, I will remind):

"Namely, that Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homo-sexual conduct will be labeled as bigots and treated as such by the government."

Again this was a case in which a court ultimately decided that maybe people who believed that homosexuals were sinful shouldn't sit on a case in which one of the parties was one such "sinner." That sounds pretty fair to me; they didn't call them bigots, or evil, or throw them in jail. The court just decided that maybe they weren't a good fit for that particular case. For that particular plaintiff.

But no, a Supreme Court Justice, someone who is supposed to be a scholar of law, turned it in his mind into a government assault against "people of good will."

Never forget how narrow that marriage equality decision had been. Never forget Alito and Thomas are still salty about it 9 years later and have stated in public multiple times they want to revisit this decision. Just like Roe, just like Miranda Rights, just like the Voting Rights Act - they will gut civil rights and established precedent on the altar of their Originalism and make us beholden to the tenets of their personal Gods.

And they're doing it in public too, so they can signal to everyone who thinks like them to keep trying, you have friends here. You have a sure chance of victory.

At the very least, the lesbian with mad game won her case.

#Samuel Alito is still an Originalist Piece of Shit #Supreme Court #US Supreme Court #Homophobia #Religious Liberty #is just just draping your beliefs with a cloak of righteousness #where are court cases against cities that make it illegal to feed the hungry and homeless? #where are the court cases against Texas or Florida about the dignity of refugees? #why does ''Religious Liberty'' always mean ''My right to treat people like Less Because God Says So'' #and nothing about values Jesus actually talked about? #all they want the law to do is protect themselves and THEIR interests - and bind everyone else #Christian Nationalism #Originalism

[whatbigotspost]

FUCK YES!!!!

Still so far from over and only a temporary situation but thank god for ANY positive news out of the flaming dumpster fire that is this state’s* politics. Especially when it comes to trans folks.

We’ll see where this goes from here.

*people with no connection or first hand experience with Texas DO NOT ADD ANY ANTI TEXAS CHATTER to this post please. It’s not the place or time and you don’t kick friends when they’re down anyway. Talk about where you live/know please bc there’s a 100%, 50 out of 50 chance you’re being governed by terrible laws and governments

#living in Texas is an exercise in frustration #frustration being a massive understatement #transphobia #anti trans laws #us politics

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

By Tayo Bero

This month, the Texas state parole board unanimously recommended the pardon and release of convicted killer and former US army sergeant Daniel Perry, along with the restoration of his firearm rights. Perry had been working as an Uber driver in July 2020 when he shot and killed Garrett Foster, a white man who was attending a Black Lives Matter protest with his Black fiancee. Perry was later indicted for murder, tried, convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison by an Austin jury.

Almost a year from the date of his sentencing, Perry’s pardon was granted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and he now walks free. As terrifying as the initial incident was, this pardon sends a chilling message: that politically motivated killing is OK, and that politicians are more focused on pandering to political pressure than protecting people’s lives.

During Perry’s trial, it emerged that in the weeks before he killed Foster, he had shared white-supremacist memes and talked about how he “might have to kill a few people” who were demonstrating outside his house in 2020. He also compared the Black Lives Matter movement to “a zoo full of monkeys that are freaking out flinging their shit”. And days into nationwide protests sparked by George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, Perry sent a text message saying: “I might go to Dallas to shoot looters.”

Perry described shooting Foster as an act of self-defense. Yet according to trial testimony about the day Foster died, Perry had seen the predominantly Black group of protesters gathered across the street from him, ran a red light and drove his car right into the middle of the protest. When Foster – who was legally carrying a firearm but had not, according to some eyewitnesses, threatened Perry – approached Perry’s car, he shot him dead and sped away.

In rehashing this horrendous incident, the question on my mind is: how do you justify “pardoning” a person like this? Condemning Perry’s release isn’t about believing in carcerality or wanting to keep people in prisons, mind you; it’s about how we get to this point as a society, whom we grant permission to kill, and how we treat the people involved in a tragedy like this in its aftermath.

Abbott – who rarely issues pardons, and has generally only pardoned low-level, nonviolent offenders – had faced pressure from conservative media figures to grant Perry one. Rightwing pundits like former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and even Texas GOP chair Matt Rinaldi squeezed him publicly about Perry’s conviction. It doesn’t seem like Abbott needed much convincing, though, seeing as he directed the parole board to review Perry’s case just one day after he was convicted.

There’s also the question of how we got here. Foster’s death and his killer’s subsequent pardon are the direct result of a government that’s more beholden to wealthy gun lobbyists than concerned with commonsense legislation that literally saves lives. Foster’s death was, in part, the result of a tragic meeting of Texas’s notoriously loose stand-your-ground self-defense laws, which Perry’s supporters claim he was upholding when he shot Foster, and the state’s “open carry” laws, which Foster was legally exercising when he had his rifle slung over his shoulder during the protest.

Alan Bean, the executive director of the Texas-based civil rights advocacy group Friends of Justice, summed up the implications of Perry’s case succinctly.

“If one guy with a gun feels threatened by another guy with a gun, murder is permissible. If both men felt threatened, the resulting tragedy would technically be ruled a no-fault double-homicide,” he wrote after news of the pardon went public.

Even Texas police aren’t blind to the ways that open-carry laws are exceptionally dangerous and nonsensical. “We were completely opposed to ‘license to carry’ because anytime there’s more guns, there’s a problem,” Ray Hunt, executive director of the Houston police officers’ union, said back in 2021.

If there was any doubt that Abbott doesn’t care how problematic these laws are, even after what happened to Foster, consider that he used his pardon announcement to reaffirm that “Texas has one of the strongest ‘stand your ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney”.

These are scary words to hear from your elected official after a tragedy that could have been avoided with better gun laws. Abbott continues to signal to gun-toting rightwingers that they can go around murdering people they don’t agree with, and that they will have the full force of the law to back them up.

Foster’s mother, Sheila, spoke to the New York Times after the pardon, and her words are haunting in their truth. “It doesn’t make sense,” she said over the phone. “It seems like this is some kind of a political circus and it’s costing me my life.”

#us politics #news #the guardian #op ed #Tayo Bero #republicans #conservatives #gop #pardons #murder #2020 protests #black lives matter #2024 #gov. greg abbott #texas #Daniel Perry #Garrett Foster #stand your ground laws #self defense laws #open carry laws #gun laws #gun control #gun violence #Alan Bean #Ray Hunt

[lenbryant]

Texas fires doctors who offer gender-affirming care. WTF?

#Texas #gender affirming care #doctors #anti trans laws #lgbt #transgender #trans rights