Cont: Texas bans abortion. Part 2

Lurch said:
The old saying, "You can run but you can't hide!" might tragically be apropos across the whole of the discombobulated country before long. Moving out of Texas might be followed by a move out of the following, unfortunate State to fall to the Christo-Fascists. Followed too soon by a departure from the dystopian hellscape entirely, to a sane country. If by then that's still permitted.
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Then the law is an ass.
But SCOTUS are highly educated and presumed to be wise.

Stupid or evil is the only choice.
 
From https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/20/texas-postpartum-medicaid-abortion/:
Texas officials celebrated end of abortion rights after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension
Greg Abbott claimed Texas provides expectant mothers “necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,” but it is now one of a dwindling number of states not to offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth.

BY LOMI KRIEL, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE AND PROPUBLICA JULY 20, 20225 AM CENTRAL
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While celebrating last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to the millions of dollars in spending that state lawmakers approved during the 2021 legislative session to help pregnant women and new mothers.

Among the measures he touted was a law that extended Medicaid health care coverage for pregnant women until six months after they give birth or miscarry, exceeding the federal government’s requirement that states provide at least two months of the benefit.

“Texas is a pro-life state, and we have taken significant action to protect the sanctity of life,” the Republican governor said in a June 24 statement. “Texas has also prioritized supporting women’s healthcare and expectant mothers in need to give them the necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child.”

Abbott’s statement neglected to mention that Texas lags behind at least 33 states, including 11 led by Republican governors, as well as the District of Columbia, all of which have already expanded or are working with the federal government to extend postpartum Medicaid benefits for a full year after giving birth. In 2021, the Texas House passed a measure that would have lengthened that coverage to 12 months, but during the waning days of the legislative session one of the senators who co-authored the state’s restrictive abortion law halved the time period.

Texas is among a dozen states that have also declined to expand broader Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act to additional people with low incomes, leaving it with some of the strictest eligibility requirements in the country. For example, single parents with one child must earn $196 or less a month to qualify.

“It is such hypocrisy,” Adrienne Lloyd, a senior health policy associate for the Children’s Defense Fund Texas, said about the contrast between state legislators’ battle against abortion access and the services they provide to pregnant people. “If you really care about that health and safety, then the pregnant person and baby will have so much better outcomes if they're covered long before and after giving birth.”
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Those poor women. My heart goes out to them and my disgust with TX and the other states who have gone down the same road grows even greater.
 
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