Texas lawmakers take up limits on voting, abortion in special session
Reuters | Jul 08, 2021 08:30 PM EDT
Voting rights activists gather during a protest against Texas legislators who are advancing a slew of new voting restrictions in Austin, Texas, U.S (Photo : REUTERS/Mikala Compton/File Photo)
Texas lawmakers kicked off a special session on Thursday to consider a range of Republican-backed measures, including voting restrictions that Democratic members previously blocked in a dramatic legislative walkout.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott has also instructed state lawmakers to consider bills that would block transgender students from competing in athletics that correspond with their gender identity, fund arrests of immigrants living in the country illegally, restrict abortion access and limit teaching about the role of racism in the United States.
Texas lawmakers take up limits on voting, abortion in special session
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