Texas' latest attack on abortion will fascinate and horrify you
It’s safe to say that Facebook posts from the Parker County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office probably do not normally get much traction outside of Parker County. But when a post is a stealth announcement of Texas’ newest attack on abortion disguised as a true crime story about a bad boyfriend, that thing is going to have legs.
Monday’s Facebook post announced the arrest of Justin Anthony Banta, a 38-year-old IT employee at the U.S. Department of Justice. Banta is alleged to have slipped drugs into his then-girlfriend’s coffee to terminate her pregnancy.
That seems bad! Banta seems like a scuzzy dude, and it’s probably good that Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier wanted everyone to know that Banta assaulted his ex-girlfriend by secretly giving her drugs!
Except for the part where Banta isn’t charged with harming his ex-girlfriend, a fully-grown autonomous human being, at all. No, this Facebook post is only concerned with announcing the charges against Banta for harm to a six-week-old embryo. And for that, he’s been slapped with a capital murder charge.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/10/2326896/-Texas-latest-attack-on-abortion-will-fascinate-and-horrify-you
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