Texas governor after abortion ban: Rape victims can stop being pregnant with Plan B

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that rape victims can take Plan B drugs to forestall being pregnant, seemingly disagreeing with the state's not too long ago handed abortion ban.

Final yr in June, Abbott signed a 30-day set off invoice in Texas that enforces legal penalties on individuals who carry out or assist abortions after fertilization. Often known as the Human Life Safety Act, HB 1280 makes it a felony, and violators could withstand life in jail and a minimal fantastic of $100,000 for every offense.

"We wish to assist these victims, but in addition these victims can entry healthcare instantly, in addition to to report it," Abbott instructed the Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV throughout a yet-to-be-aired tv section. "By accessing healthcare instantly, they will get the Plan B tablet that may stop a being pregnant from occurring within the first place."

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The Plan B tablet is an oral contraceptive taken inside 72 hours of contraception to forestall being pregnant. It stops the egg from being launched within the ovary to forestall it from being fertilized, in accordance with the product's web site.

Abbott went on to guarantee Texans that reporting rape will assist regulation enforcement arrest and prosecute extra rapists regardless of the state's Division of Public Security reporting just one,828 arrests for rape for the 13,327 reviews acquired in 2020.

The governor is up for reelection within the state on Nov. 8, going through off towards Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke.

"We're going to finish Greg Abbott’s profession on November 8 and the ladies of Texas are going to cleared the path," O'Rourke tweeted together with a hyperlink to Abbott's reported assertion.

Pharmacies have restricted purchases for the oral contraceptives nationwide, as demand for the drugs elevated following the Supreme Courtroom's resolution in Dobbs v. Jackson Ladies's Well being Group.