In the midst of the possible Supreme Court decision against Roe v. Wade, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said yesterday that he and his administration may take advantage of the situation and challenge a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that requires states to offer free public education to all children.

Although the Supreme court has yet to officially issue a ruling in the Roe v. Wade case, it has still led to massive backlashes from civil rights advocates. The speculation is also that the attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade would lead to the attempt to overturn more established precedents.

"Texas already long ago sued the federal government about having to incur the costs of the education program, in a case called Plyler versus Doe. And the Supreme Court ruled against us on the issue. ... I think we will resurrect that case and challenge this issue again because the expenses are extraordinary and the times are different than when Plyler versus Doe was issued many decades ago."

Greg Abbott said, speaking during an appearance on the Joe Pags Show.

When the topic of border security came into question, Abbott stated his possibility of challenging the ruling on education. Pagliarulo, the talk show host, asked whether the state could take steps to reduce the "burden" of educating the children of undocumented migrants living in Texas.

This is exactly what civil rights activists have feared as we see the negative effects of the Roe v. Wade debacle seeping into now suggesting taking away the rights to education from children.

The whole snippet of conversation:

"We're talking about public tax dollars, public property tax dollars going to fund these schools to teach children who are 5, 6, 7, 10 years old, who don't even have remedial English skills. This is a real burden on communities. What can you do about that?"

Pagliarulo said.

”The challenges put on our public systems are extraordinary. Texas already long ago sued the federal government about having to incur the costs of the education program, in a case called Plyler versus Doe. And the Supreme Court ruled against us on the issue of denying, or let's say Texas having to bear that burden. I think we will resurrect that case and challenge this issue again because the expenses are extraordinary and the times are different than when Plyler versus Doe was issued many decades ago."

Abbott said in response.