# Texas Governor Abbott has the secret to stopping all rape and has decided to let it continue **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309 "2021-09-08T12:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/61 "2021-09-09T22:53:15Z")
I like that… “If being shot is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it!” 👍🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/62 "2021-09-09T22:56:36Z")
Now the anti-vaxxers are going to be upset. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/63 "2021-09-10T23:27:17Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Perhaps women in TX should take advantage of the lose TX gun laws. “Enjoy This! BANG” It would be more efficient if they pointed their guns at Abbott. Alternatively, find some big steps in Odessa, TX, and do a Battleship Potemkin on his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/64 "2021-09-11T19:49:01Z")
As Quicksilver said, the primary purpose of his statement was to change the subject from something which made him look bad to something that Republicans view as one of their main strength namely being tough on crime. But to shine up that turd and give what he said the most positive spin, I think he was trying to say that the problem with pregnancy from rape isn’t the pregnancy, it’s the rape, and so the best way to solve the problem is to stop the rape from happening in the first place, and the Republicans are better at that then those weak woke Dems. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/65 "2021-09-11T22:11:42Z")
I’m sure there’s some kind of tortured logic at play that made the statement make sense. But I see no reason we need to do the legwork for it. I don’t really care what he was going for. Ultimately, his intentions were self-serving and foul. And while there’s utility in knowing how such people think, there’s already been too much effort paid in this particular case. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/66 "2021-09-15T19:16:12Z")
Maybe he could make all Texans eunuchs. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/67 "2021-09-15T19:25:40Z")
Nah…too easy. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/68 "2021-09-15T19:40:35Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I’m sure there’s some kind of tortured logic at play that made the statement make sense. No logic, it’s simply a practice of the modern anti-abortion movement to reject out of hand anything that would cloud the moral clarity of their position. That’s how you get Todd Akins’ statement from a few years back how in a “legitimate rape” the female body “shuts all that down” so the woman can’t get pregnant. Or Abbott hand waiving away pregnancy from rape as something that simply won’t be an issue because Texas will eliminate all rapists. The anti-abortion right cannot stand the idea that their position may be one of anything less than unerring righteousness, so they simply refuse to concede any circumstances in which a woman became pregnant against her will. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/69 "2021-09-15T23:01:33Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > The anti-abortion right cannot stand the idea that their position may be one of anything less than unerring righteousness, so they simply refuse to concede any circumstances in which a woman became pregnant against her will. What about all those cases where virgin women get pregnant, against their will, through _divine intervention_, huh? What does Abbott have to say about cases like _that_? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/70 "2021-09-15T23:12:13Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What about all those cases where virgin women get pregnant, against their will, through _divine intervention_ , huh? Nope, the virgin in question gave consent to the pregnancy: [Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/71 "2021-09-15T23:20:03Z")
Who said anything about _that_ virgin? What about all the others? In particular, those in modern-day Texas? What are they supposed to do if they didn’t want to get pregnant? ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/72 "2021-09-15T23:20:07Z")
Clear disparity in power, there. How could she comfortably say “no”? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/73 "2021-09-15T23:26:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What are they supposed to do if they didn’t want to get pregnant? But they all _really_ wanted to get pregnant. Secretly. Maybe they didn’t even know they wanted it. But if it happened, you can be sure they wanted it. Let’s face it, don’t **all** women want to get pregnant? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/74 "2021-09-15T23:28:43Z")
Well, to be sure, we have all learned that women who don’t want it have a way of “shutting the whole thing down”. So there’s the bottom line reason why Texas didn’t need to have any kind of exceptions to their new abomination law. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/75 "2021-09-16T03:29:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > What are they supposed to do if they didn’t want to get pregnant? > > But they all _really_ wanted to get pregnant. Secretly. Maybe they didn’t even know they wanted it. But if it happened, you can be sure they wanted it. _Let’s face it, don’t **all** women want to get pregnant?_ I think that’s the first thing they teach residents who choose the OB/GYN field. Which explains all the women on the SDMB who’ve recounted the obstacles they faced when they asked for hysterectomies when under the age of 50. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/76 "2021-09-16T06:12:48Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But to shine up that turd and give what he said the most positive spin, I think he was trying to say that the problem with pregnancy from rape isn’t the pregnancy, it’s the rape, and so the best way to solve the problem is to stop the rape from happening in the first place, and the Republicans are better at that then those weak woke Dems. Too bad that’s the one crime that pretty much everyone thinks the Democrats do better at stopping. Republicans tend to come off like they would rather allow 10 women be raped than have one person falsely accused of rape, even if they are later exonerated. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/77 "2021-09-16T16:21:37Z")
Well sure if you count good old boys giving girls what they are asking for (otherwise they wouldn’t dress that way), but as we know Real Rape only happens in dark alleys and is perpetrated by black people preying on our women folk or illegals streaming over the border. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309.md?page=3)