PRESS ALERT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Video and more info at JeremiahsWish.org
Media assets at http://bit.ly/2C12pDK
Contact media@abolishabortiontx.org or 512-522-4876
Since the launch of the Jeremiah’s Wish campaign in December more than 65,000 people have signed the petition urging Governor Abbott to keep his promise made to Jeremiah Thomas and do his part to abolish abortion in Texas this legislative session.
There will be a press conference at 2:30 PM on Monday afternoon at the Texas Capitol in Austin in the Capitol Press Room (Room 2W.6) where Jeremiah’s family and leaders from Abolish Abortion Texas will speak regarding the petitions signed urging Governor Abbott to keep his promise to Jeremiah Thomas. After the press conference, the more than 65,000 petitions will then be hand delivered to the Governor’s Public Reception Room (Room 2S.1) on the 2nd Floor of the Capitol.
We urge Governor Abbott to keep his word and make abolishing abortion an emergency item in his State of the State address to the legislature on Tuesday. We along with thousands of Texans stand ready to rally behind him to end abortion in Texas and complete Jeremiah’s Wish.
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On June 17, 2018, Jeremiah Thomas, a terminally ill teenager, was granted his dying wish to talk with Texas governor Greg Abbott on the phone to ask him to end abortion in Texas.
On the call, Jeremiah told Governor Abbott, “We just want you to treat abortion like an act of murder and it should be punished by law. For my wish, I just wanted to say that to you… I think we could rally with Texas, and we could end abortion here and now. Because, at least for me, this would make my wish complete before I pass.”
Governor Abbott replied, “Your wish is on the Republican Party platform positions, and it’s what we’re going to be pursuing this next legislative session. And that is to outlaw abortion altogether in the State of Texas, and so your wish is granted.”
The day before the governor’s promise, the Republican Party of Texas had readopted a plank to its platform which it had first adopted in 2016: “We call upon the Texas Legislature to enact legislation stopping the murder of unborn children and to ignore and refuse to enforce any and all federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and court rulings that would deprive an unborn child of the right to life.” A proposition to abolish abortion also received the support of over 68% of Republican voters in last year’s primaries.
After Governor Abbott made his promise, videos of it went viral, gaining coverage by Fox News, the Daily Signal, Live Action, and many others.
Jeremiah Thomas died of cancer two months after the governor’s promise. Now, the legislative session in which Governor Abbott promised Jeremiah he would be pursuing to outlaw abortion altogether in Texas has been in session since Tuesday, January 8.
To carry on the legacy of their son, Jeremiah’s parents have produced a video and thousands of Texans watching it are signing a petition to join Jeremiah’s wish by urging Governor Abbott to keep his promise by making abolishing abortion an emergency item for the legislature. At the request of Jeremiah’s parents, the petition is hosted by Abolish Abortion Texas.
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