An outright total ban would be struck down by our masters on the Sup Court. So you’d get the Texas GOP demonized even more for an action that has no hope of standing. At least this bill might survive if the current High Court hears it.
Even if the Sup Court did the right thing and left it to the states, a total ban would not go over well with the public. Yeah, I know, it’s a matter of principle. An innocent life is an innocent life, but the vast majority of Americans oppose a total ban on abortion. Most Texans oppose a total ban on abortion.
A ban on abortions past the first trimester is about the best conservatives can hope for without being punished by voters.
They swore to support and defend the Constitution, not to obey judges.
“No person shall be deprived of life without due process of law.”
“No State shall deprive any person of life without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution...”
— Article VI, the United States Constitution
“Bound.”