(ETH) – A group of pro-life Christians commissioned a billboard in rural Texas calling on locals to “ignore” the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade, which gave legal cover to abortion.
According to a report from Faithwire, After just one day, though, the banner was removed because the landowner received death threats. The group, Abolish Abortion Texas (AATX), designed the billboard, which promoted the website, “IgnoreRoe.com,” under the phrase, “62 million dead and counting.” The link directs visitors to the AATX website, which states, “We should abolish abortion in Texas, regardless of what the Supreme Court says we can do.”
The billboard, located outside Boyd, Texas, contained no graphic imagery. In a press release about the sign’s removal, the pro-life organization said the billboard was taken down after the landowner received “complaints” and “death threats,” which “forced the advertising company to remove” it.
According to the Daily Wire, A press release from Abolish Abortion Texas explains that “complaints to the landowner (who has a business on the site), along with death threats, forced the advertising company to remove the billboard.” “It is a sign of how intolerant Texas has become,” commented First Baptist Church of Briar evangelism pastor Jon Speed in the release. “There are no graphic images on the billboard, not even a strong statement.
It’s just a website that seeks to abolish abortion in Texas. The fact that this happened in rural Texas is not only surprising in a self-professed pro-life state, it indicates how weak that commitment is.” In a brief video describing the incident, Speed —
who made national news two years ago for shuttering his New York bookstore in protest of the state’s aggressive abortion laws — explained that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) recently signed a “trigger bill” that would end abortion in Texas only if the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade. However, Speed expressed doubt that politicians — and citizens — would follow through on the promise.
