Vice News reports:
A man who worked as a political director for Texas Right to Life, the premier anti-abortion group in the state, has been arrested for the online solicitation of a minor. Lucas “Luke” Bowen, 33, was charged with the second-degree felony on August 3. A minor, under that statute, refers to anyone who’s younger than 17 or who the arrested person believes to be younger than 17.
Texas Right to Life is one of the most powerful anti-abortion groups in a state known for setting the anti-abortion agenda for the rest of the nation. As part of his work for the organization, Bowen had appeared on stage representing Texas Right to Life at a 2020 Texas Youth Summit panel, spoke to Politico in 2018, and served as its campaign treasurer, according to a Texas campaign finance report filed last month..
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Texas Right to Life is one of the most powerful anti-abortion groups in a state known for setting the anti-abortion agenda for the rest of the nation — and its political director was just arrested for the online solicitation of a minor. https://t.co/QeoKIA7D7e
— VICE News (@VICENews) August 25, 2022
Luke Bowen of @TXRightToLife helped spread a rumor that I was a part of human trafficking on behalf of the @StephanieKlick campaign. Today, we find out that he was arrested for solicitation of a minor. Disgusting.
https://t.co/RmmCxtlcFj— David Lowe for Texas (@DavidLowe4Texas) August 25, 2022