Steve Munisteri (click here) was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas on June 13, 2010 at the Republican State Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. Munisteri defeated the incumbent State Chairman, Ms. Cathie Adams....
...Upon his election, Munisteri initially focused on the Party’s financial difficulties. He inherited liabilities in excess of $700,000 and the Party’s liabilities exceeded the Party’s assets by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Munisteri then initiated a series of structural and financial reforms, including the elimination of some positions, renegotiating contracts, restructuring the Party's debt, and budget cuts which resulted in reducing its monthly obligations from approximately $139,000 per month to a little over $90,000....
Texas is notorious for having wealthy Christian extremists. It is those extremists the abortion law is targeting.
We already know abortions are about women. But, these abortion laws in Texas are a covert measure to raise funds for the GOP primary elections. If Governor Perry and his colleagues in the State Senate and State House can convince the Texas religious periphery of their worthiness as devoted and godly legislators, these monies will pour into the Texas GOP coffers and perhaps even carry Perry into the Oval Office.
These laws in Texas as in other states across the USA where GOP extremists need monies to win elections completely disregard the public trust and the health of women. These proposed laws have absolutely no basis in medical practice and tie the hands of physicians when protecting a woman's life. These are a gross affront to the ethical standards of all these state legislative bodies.
Those bringing these laws to the floor of any State legislative chamber, even into committee, need to be pursued for ethical violations. The ethical complaints need to go forward and the wayward legislators made to prove their laws are based in sound medical and surgical practice in the USA. I am quite sure the American Medical Association has clear insight to these matters.
Populous legislation can happen, but, not when it comes to saving the lives of women.
There is no reason why expert testimony should not be entered into the testimony regarding these laws. They are seriously imperiling the lives of women. They simply are wayward and populous laws toying with lives.
July 2, 2013
By Chris Tomlinson
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than 2,300 people (click here) signed up to testify about proposed abortion restrictions before a Texas House committee on Tuesday, but rules imposed by the panel’s top Republican mean no more than 100 members of the public would get a chance to speak.
State Rep. Byron Cook imposed an
eight-hour limit on the hearing, with each person getting just three
minutes before the committee, and he chose a room with only 67 seats.
The restrictions come after a similar hearing two weeks ago turned into a
12-hour marathon when 700 protesters slowed the passage of the bill in
the first special session. A Democratic filibuster and an angry crowd
stopped the bill from becoming law a few days later leading GOP Gov.
Rick Perry to call the Legislature back for a second special session....
