Parents in a conservative area of Texas are flipping one of Governor Greg Abbott’s talking points on its head, claiming in a new federal lawsuit that the state’s school mask policy threatens the lives of their children.
Another Twitter user pointed out how the Venn diagram of freedom of choice for me, but not for you tends to intersect over a certain segment of the population.
“And there’s a lot of overlap between the kind of people who support the new Texas legislation on ab*rtion, claiming to “preserve life” and those anti-COVID-vax people who argue personal choice when they’re very much putting my baby at risk for their “right to choose.” And there's a lot of overlap between the kind of people who support the new Texas legislation on ab*rtion, claiming to "preserve life" and those anti-COVID-vax people who argue personal choice when they're very much putting my baby at risk for their "right to choose."According to the parents’ lawsuit, the right to life, and by extension, the right to health, overrides the accompanying right to personal liberty, which conservatives use against mask mandates.
“1. A heartbeat doesn’t confer life, nor does it confer sentience,” a Twitter user posted. “2. “There can be no justice so long as laws are absolute”. 3. Texas defends the right to life—unless you’ve got COVID.” 1. A heartbeat doesn’t confer life, nor does it confer sentience. 2. “There can be no justice so long as laws are absolute”. 3. Texas defends the right to life—unless you’ve got COVID.
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