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Texas Americans for Prosperity Director: Pro-Choice Women Should 'Choose Sterilization'

As Texas lawmakers debate a bill that would shut down(link is external) most of the state’s abortion providers, Texas Americans for Prosperity state director and GOP activist Peggy Venable(link is external) yesterday tweeted that pro-choice women should “choose sterilization” as they are “nasty” and “simply should not procreate.” The Texas Freedom Network(link is external) grabbed the tweet before she took it down:

Venable has since called(link is external) the tweet a “lame attempt at humor” and apologized.