The Texas House advanced a bill that would allow elected prosecutors to be removed from office if they refuse to prosecute cases related to the state’s near-total abortion ban or the right’s voter suppression efforts.
Texas state representatives bow their heads in prayer in the House chamber during an invocation at the start of the 87th Legislature's special session at the State Capitol on July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas.that would allow elected prosecutors to be removed from office if they refuse to prosecute cases related to the state’s near-total abortion ban or the right’s voter suppression efforts — forcing officials either to prosecute health providers or risk removal.
The bill advanced 92 to 55, with several Democrats joining Republicans in voting “yes,” and is expected to be passed officially on Friday and sent to the state Senate. The Republican-sponsored HB 17 directly targets elected prosecutors in left-leaning areas who have said that they will not enforce the state’s draconian abortion law, which bans abortion past 6 weeks, before the vast majority of people know that they’re pregnant.
Once a prosecutor is removed, far right Gov. Greg Abbott would then appoint a successor until the next election cycle. This could mean that left-leaning prosecutors would either be forced to prosecute abortion providers against their will or risk being replaced by a right-wing prosecutor.for the GOP as it seeks to seize total control in states and across the country.
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