Experts say Texas’ abortion law GOP policies have an outsized effect on the poor

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“It’s not a surprise to me that the Republican leadership at the Texas legislature would allow something like this,” Blair Wallace tells NBCNews. “We know the brunt of this will fall on our Black and brown communities, and our poor communities the most.”

went into effect on Wednesday, Blair Wallace took to Houston’s Tranquility Park with some 60 other people in protest.

“It’s not a surprise to me that the Republican leadership at the Texas legislature would allow something like this to go through,” Wallace, a policy and advocacy strategist with the ACLU of Texas, told NBC News. “We know the brunt of this will fall on our Black and brown communities, and our poor communities the most.”

Wallace is one of many critics of Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy and allows anyone to sue abortion providers or anyone who helps someone get the procedure after the time frame. Wallace, who worked with the ACLU of Texas to halt the bill, and others say it would make getting an abortion in Texas nearly impossible and disproportionately affect poor people who give birth,

 

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funny.... everyone I know who had an abortion was white.

White Democrats push for abortion. Abortion clinics are conveniently located in poor neighborhoods Clearly white Democrats have an agenda to kill minority babies. Nothing racist about white Democrats now is there?

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Whats wrong with birth control. Unwanted pregnancy is irresponsible.

The brunt has been on black and brown babies. Killed in the womb at a rate almost 4x white babies. genocide

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