Texas' latest attack on abortion will fascinate and horrify you [View all]

It’s safe to say that Facebook posts from the Parker County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office probably do not normally get much traction outside of Parker County. But when a post is a stealth announcement of Texas’ newest attack on abortion disguised as a true crime story about a bad boyfriend, that thing is going to have legs.

Monday’s Facebook post announced the arrest of Justin Anthony Banta, a 38-year-old IT employee at the U.S. Department of Justice. Banta is alleged to have slipped drugs into his then-girlfriend’s coffee to terminate her pregnancy.

That seems bad! Banta seems like a scuzzy dude, and it’s probably good that Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier wanted everyone to know that Banta assaulted his ex-girlfriend by secretly giving her drugs!

Except for the part where Banta isn’t charged with harming his ex-girlfriend, a fully-grown autonomous human being, at all. No, this Facebook post is only concerned with announcing the charges against Banta for harm to a six-week-old embryo. And for that, he’s been slapped with a capital murder charge.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/10/2326896/-Texas-latest-attack-on-abortion-will-fascinate-and-horrify-you