If this isn't a wake up moment for Texas voters, I don't know what possibly could be.

The fetus can't live.

The mother's health is at risk. (She's suffering from complications of diabetes brought about by the pregnancy.)

The mother's doctors have warned her that if she carries the pregnancy to term, she faces a non-neglible risk of losing the ability to have another child.

So what on earth is the problem with having an abortion in a case like this? Why is Paxton so adamant? I suggest that cruelty is the point.

Oh, and by the way, Paxton also threatened the woman's husband in a statement "reminding" family members that they might face sanctions for helping the woman end her pregnancy.

Welcome to Gilead.