Jack & Jill Do Texas

A morality tale about Jack and Jill: Both Jack and Jill are students at the University of Texas in Austin in 2020. They may be college students, but they're not all that intelligent. First they allow themselves to indulge in whatever strikes their fancy, then they fail to use birth control. Pregnancy ensues.

Jack consults his friends and family and finds a physician who will help Jill, even though he knows it is now illegal. Jack then goes to his bank and withdraws $1,000.00 from his trust fund. He then drives to Jill's apartment and picks her up, taking her to the surgeon's clinic. Jack holds Jill's hand as they enter the facility and waits with her. When Jill begins to express doubt, Jack encourages her to stay the course. When the procedure is over, Jack drives Jill home, picks up and pays for her pain pills, and stays with her until she is well. He buys her groceries and cooks for her. In short, Jack is Jill's nurse until she is better. When he feels Jill is well, he leaves her a substantial amount of cash to tide her over due to her missing work for a week. Most people would say Jack acted responsibly. We say that's up for discussion, but he at least didn't abandon Jill. Yet...

The next week, the surgeon's office is raided. He's arrested and his records confiscated. Jill's name turns up, and she's arrested for Capital Murder. Jack is home sleeping and doesn't know what has happened until much later. Is he in danger of similar arrest? No, not in the Texas of 2020. Only Jill will be prosecuted for murder...Capital Murder at that. Jill is facing spending the rest of her life in prison...or worse.

How is this happening? The citizens of Texas will have state representative Tony Tinderholt to thank if this should become law. Obviously, this bill has little chance of passing. If the bill should be enacted into law, it will be swiftly struck down by appellate courts. How much money will the Texas taxpayers be out over this debacle and why?

Rep. Tony Tinderholt says this is a moral law. Tinderholt may not be the best authority on morals. He's been married five times to four different women. Yes, one poor woman had the significant bad judgment to marry him twice. Why would Texans want someone like Tinderholt defining their morals? 

Why did Alabamians ever want then Rep. Ed Henry to legislate their reproductive morality? (That's the same Henry who recently pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands from Medicare.) Yes, that was purely a rhetorical question which no sane person could be expected to answer.

On the Left is Bethany (Mrs. Tony) Tinderholt Advertising Playboy Condoms...or Maybe Melons. She and Her Husband Want to Tell Texans How to Live a Moral Life. Need We Say More?