Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Transmissions: Three reasons to care
The United States Supreme Court opted to let Texas Senate Bill 8 go into effect. The bill, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott (R) in May, has the strongest limitations on abortions in the country.
By not acting, the conservative majority court effectively killed Roe v. Wade — the decision that legalized abortion in the United States — in the Lone Star State For those who have somehow missed it, SB 8 is an especially draconian piece of legislation.
It bans all abortions after six weeks, a time when a fetus is roughly the size of a pomegranate seed and long before many women even know they are pregnant.
The bill is based on the erroneous belief that a heartbeat can be detected at six weeks, claiming this is somehow the moment when one
