The Texas Witch Trials

New legislation is creating a 21st-century witch hunt

19th century illustration of the trial of Martha Corey, source: The Washington Post

For context:

The Alabama abortion ban made headlines in 2019 as the strictest abortion ban at the time. House Bill 314 made abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, and foresaw prison sentences for women who terminated their pregnancies, as well as the doctors who performed the procedures…