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Please sign our petition demanding an open investigation into the conduct of
Texas state troopers who confiscated the tampons and diabetic supplies of
protesters at the state capitol on Friday. Click here to sign the petition.
Sign our petition demanding an open investigation of the Texas state troopers’ conduct, and that appropriate disciplinary action be taken. Keep fighting, Chris Bowers, Daily Kos Demand that Texas investigate why state troopers confiscated tampons You can bring a gun into the Texas State Capitol with a concealed handgun license—but not your tampons, maxipads or diabetic supplies. On July 12, as the Texas state Senate voted on a devastating anti-choice measure, state troopers ordered all women seeking to enter the building to surrender their tampons and maxipads. In at least one case, a woman was also ordered to remove her diabetic supplies. “I’ve never been so humiliated in my life,” she said tearfully. The above video is painful to watch. It is bad enough that the Texas state Senate is assaulting a woman’s right to choose. But whoever authorized this outrage must be held accountable. Sign our petition demanding an open investigation of the Texas state troopers’ conduct, and that appropriate disciplinary action be taken.
Dear Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Texas Highway Patrol Assistant Director Luiz Gonzalez and all members of the Texas state legislature:
It is unconscionable that Texas citizens who merely seek to watch their legislature in action would be forced to surrender their tampons, maxipads or diabetic medicine to state troopers. We demand a complete and open investigation as to who authorized this move, who is accountable for such conduct—and that all such parties be appropriately disciplined. |
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