damn the muse

Texas my Texas, here we go again. An appeals court refused to throw out the conviction of a young man who was convicted of killing his twin children. The catch? The mother, 16, was only five months pregnant with the twins, and she didn't want to have the children either.

The way everything went down is appalling. It's the law that is slightly disconcerting.

The case tested a Texas law that makes it a capital offense to kill an unborn child. The law redefined a person as having full rights to legal protection from the moment of conception...

Abbott said doctors breaking the law should be given jail time and lose their licenses, rather than being prosecuted for capital murder.

Taken literally Texas is outlawing abortion, and doctors can go to jail for performing them even in the first trimester. Give a fetus rights from day one, and this is what could happen. I don't think the lawmakers even wanted to deal with a slippery slope. It was all intentional. After all in Texas religion rules, and zygotes have feelings too.

Well then what happens in a miscarriage? Imagine the suspicion.

We're all going to hell.

Fascinating, right?

And for the record, I'm writing about the law. I am in no way supporting what these kids did. Psycho pro-choicers and pro-lifers can stay away.