Texas vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ rings hollow at clinics

By Associated Press

Published September 25, 2022 4:49pm ET

Texas vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ rings hollow at clinics — Evidence tape is seen with a Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit in an examination room, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Austin, Texas. After a Texas law banning abortions past about six weeks, even in cases of rape or incest, went into effect a year ago, Gov. Greg Abbott said the state would strive to "eliminate all rapists from the streets." | (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

AUSTIN, Texas — When Texas’s new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would get to work eliminating rapes.

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