House OKs Environmental Funding for Abortion ‘Alternatives’
“The Texas House has voted to take $20 million from the state’s environmental agency and funnel it toward an ‘Alternative to Abortion’ program that counsels low-income, pregnant women.
Thursday’s 93-52 vote came after Republicans said the program had sought $35 million but was set to get less than $19 million. They argued that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had received extra funding it wouldn’t miss.
Democratic Rep. Rafael Anchia said the move wasn’t anti-abortion but instead ‘pro-birth’ because ‘after that, you’re on your own. You’re going to have to breathe dirty air.'”