The Right Wing Organization True Texas Project hosted the MAGA Extremist Organization Abolish Abortion Texas at a recent chapter meeting. Paul Brown, the Director of Policy for Abolish Abortion Texas (AATX), spoke.
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In a recent gathering that underscores the deepening fault lines in the national debate over reproductive rights, the True Texas Project, a right-wing organization, hosted a meeting featuring the MAGA-extremist group Abolish Abortion Texas. ‘
The True Texas Project, which is a separate group that hosted the event, has hosted several events with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Senator Ted Cruz, was labeled as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and has deep ties to white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
At the above-mentioned convergence of conservative ideologies, Paul Brown, the director of policy for Abolish Abortion Texas, delivered a vehement address that positioned in vitro fertilization (IVF), among other reproductive health services, as equivalent to abortion, thus meriting the same severe legal and moral censure. This event, attended by several prominent Republican politicians and backed by the aura of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, further exposed the aggressive agenda of certain factions within the American right to curtail reproductive freedoms.
The proceedings of this meeting, uncovered by Hood County Democrats Chair Adrienne Quinn Martin and disseminated through a video, lay bare the extent to which these extremist views have permeated the discourse, challenging not only the right to abortion but also attacking IVF and contraception as moral failings that necessitate criminalization. Brown’s assertions—that the destruction of a fertilized egg in the process of IVF constitutes murder and that women’s lives hold no greater value than the embryos they “destroy”—reflect a radical ideology that seeks to subordinate the autonomy and rights of women to an absolutist moral doctrine.
This alignment of anti-abortion rhetoric with broader attacks on reproductive technologies and contraception marks a significant escalation in the campaign against women’s reproductive rights. The comparison of abortion to historical genocides and slavery during the meeting is particularly alarming, as it attempts to morally equate the struggle for reproductive autonomy with some of the most heinous atrocities in human history. This hyperbolic comparison not only distorts historical realities but also seeks to morally blackmail opponents of the anti-abortion stance by framing the debate in extremis.
The implications of such ideologies, if transformed into policy, are dire. The explicit call for the criminalization of abortion, even in cases of rape or incest, and the suggestion that women who undergo the procedure should be considered murderers underscores a willingness to impose draconian penalties on women for exercising control over their bodies. Furthermore, the discussion around IVF and contraception reveals a broader agenda to restrict or eliminate all forms of reproductive healthcare that do not align with a narrow, religiously inspired worldview.
The presence of well-known Republican politicians like Hood County Constable Scott London, Hood County GOP Chair Steve Biggers, and Hood County GOP Chair candidate Greg Harrellat at the event signifies a troubling endorsement of these extremist positions within segments of the political mainstream. London and Harrel have also signed onto a pledge from the same group vowing to abolish all circumstances of abortion care in Texas. This tacit approval threatens to erode further the already fragile consensus on reproductive rights in the United States, emboldening legislative and judicial efforts to roll back hard-won freedoms. It is imperative to recognize these developments not as isolated incidents but as part of a concerted effort to undermine reproductive rights and enforce a regressive moral order on women specifically.
Abolish Abortion Texas’ has endorsed candidates running for the Texas State House, including:
- House District 2 Brent Money
- House District 6 Daniel Alders
- House District 7 Jay Dean
- House District 18 Janis Holt
- House District 26 Matt Morgan
- House District 41 John Guerra
- House District 53 Wesley Virdell
- House District 62 Shelley Luther
- House District 65 Mitch Little
- House District 82 Tom Craddick
- House District 119 Brandon Grable
- House District 147 Claudio Gutierrez
In response to this video, Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said, “The fact that Texas Republicans are meeting with people willing to send pregnant women and doctors to Death Row should terrify every person in Texas. Make no mistake: Texas Republicans will strip women of their basic healthcare rights and will not stop at just banning abortion. They will punish women and doctors for seeking and performing basic health care, they will ban IVF, and they will create a hostile and inhumane state. All of these candidates should be ashamed of themselves. This isn’t Texas, but this is the Republican party of Texas.”
The fight for reproductive rights has always been more than a legal battle; it is a struggle for autonomy, dignity, and equality. The extremist rhetoric and plans unveiled by Abolish Abortion Texas and its allies represent a clear and present danger to these fundamental principles. It is a call to action for all who value reproductive freedom to resist these encroachments on women’s rights vigorously.
The revelation of these plans is a reminder of the importance of vigilance and activism. The stakes of the reproductive rights debate have never been higher, as the opponents of abortion seek not only to prohibit the procedure but to reshape the landscape of reproductive healthcare fundamentally. In the face of such challenges, it is crucial to mobilize, inform, and vote, ensuring that women’s rights and autonomy are defended against those who seek to diminish them.
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