Texas legislators are taking too many risks

In a race to see who could pass as much legislation restricting minority populations in one go, Texas and Florida are toe-to-toe to see who can get there first.

It’s either this or legislators are sharing notes across state lines. The general lack in considering the communities of these states has become increasingly worrisome and scarily similar with both abortion and gender-affirming health care in jeopardy.

It’s odd that the bills being drafted are targeting their own populations, too. It is no secret that Texas is a Republican state, but what’s sad is to see them project guns over gender-affirming health care.

Unfortunately, Texan leaders like Gov. Greg Abbott do not have their citizens in mind. It’s likely they push these extreme ideas to stay in office or somehow they really believe what they are doing is for the good of Texas.

Texans deserve a state government who can at least attempt to care about their human rights.

Right now, we are at a point in history where children are becoming familiar with lockdown practices and learn to expect the worst in school. Women have to decide what risks they are willing to take to have some autonomy over their bodies, and people who no longer want to hide their gender identity face a world

VIEWPOINTS that struggles to accept that. If the conversation for these things could at least be open, it can make a difference. But the problem with Texas and Florida legislators is that the conservative pride of these Southern states have taken any chance for progress and flushed it down the toilet.

Where do legislators think these bills will take their citizens? Because the way it looks, they’re turning to