Texas Senator Proposes Legislation to Pay Women Not to Abort Their Babies

Reuter's Staff/TN : Mar 25, 2007
Reuters

In Texas alone, "If this incentive would give pause and change the mind of 5 percent of those woman, that's 3,000 lives. That's almost as many people as we've lost in Iraq."

There were 75,000 abortions in Texas last year. That's 75,000 innocent lives snuffed out of existence. Now, Texas State Sen. Dan Patrick has proposed that the state pay pregnant women, who are considering an abortion, $500 if they agree not to abort their babies.

"If this incentive would give pause and change the mind of 5 percent of those woman, that's 3,000 lives. That's almost as many people as we've lost in Iraq," Patrick said.

Although Patrick has filed legislation to make it a law, Reuters reports that the legislature has not yet voted on it.