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Nicolle Wallace skewers TX GOP & Greg Abbott 'Pro disease & Death Indifferent' 'anti-science.' (Original Post) egbertowillies Sep 2021 OP
Thank you Wild blueberry Sep 2021 #1
I don't follow the Gov. Abbott for obvious reasons. But within the last few week i noticed he was... usaf-vet Sep 2021 #2

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2. I don't follow the Gov. Abbott for obvious reasons. But within the last few week i noticed he was...
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 03:58 PM
Sep 2021

... in a wheelchair. A little research indicated that he is paralyzed from the WAIST down.

On July 14, 1984, at age 26, Abbott was paralyzed below the waist when an oak tree fell on him while he was jogging following a storm. He had two steel rods implanted in his spine, underwent extensive rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, and has used a wheelchair ever since


He has an adopted daughter.

Pure speculation here but did the paralysis prevent him and his wife from getting pregnant?

Might that not contribute to his obvious resentment to pregnant women and their right to choose?

Easier to claim your actions are a result of your religious beliefs rather than your paralysis?

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