The headline about an anti-abortion bill that would carry the death penalty is real, but it’s from last year. The bill did not leave committee, with the author planning to reintroduce the bill during the next legislative session.
State Rep. Bryan Slaton, member of the Texas House of Representatives, introduced the bill in March 2021, not May 2022.
That bill stipulated that it would criminalize abortion as homicide, which is punishable by death. The bill did not make it out of the committee process. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Slaton has said that he plans to re-introduce the bill in the next legislative session. ocial media users set off the alarm bells after seeing a news report that women in Texas could be in jeopardy of the death penalty for having an abortion.
"GOP Texas lawmaker introduces bill to allow death penalty for women who have abortions," read a screenshot of the headline.
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