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The Senate State Affairs Committee overwhelmingly approved the bills after a hearing on the measures ended after midnight Tuesday. Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune
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Following through on a promise to prioritize anti-abortion legislation, a panel of Texas senators approved a slate of abortion restrictions
Tuesday and sent them to the full chamber for consideration.
Among those seven pieces of legislation was Senate Bill 8, which would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, which is before many women know they are pregnant. The bill, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities, has an exception for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest.
Slate of Texas legislation limiting abortion, including so-called “heartbeat bill,” heads to Senate
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Tuesday and sent them to the full chamber for consideration.
Among those seven pieces of legislation was Senate Bill 8, which would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, which is before many women know they are pregnant. The bill, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities, has an exception for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest.
Another Patrick priority is Senate Bill 9, which would bar nearly all abortions if the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision or otherwise altered abortion laws. Other proposals would bar later-term abortions in the case of severe fetal abnormalities, and could force people to carry ill-fated or unviable pregnancies to term, according to experts and advocates.
Slate of Texas legislation limiting abortion, including so-called heartbeat bill, heads to Senate Posted By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune on Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 12:01 PM click to enlarge Michael Barajas Protesters hold signs at a pro-Planned Parenthood rally in San Antonio.
Following through on a promise to prioritize anti-abortion legislation, a panel of Texas senators approved a slate of abortion restrictions
Tuesday and sent them to the full chamber for consideration. Among those seven pieces of legislation was Senate Bill 8, which would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, which is before many women know they are pregnant. The bill, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities, has an excep
Racist clauses in property deeds can’t be enforced, but still exist. A Texas bill would make it easier to remove them.
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An untold number of Texas properties still have language in their deeds that put racial restrictions on who can occupy them, even though the U.S. Supreme Court declared such restrictions illegal decades ago. (Credit: Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune)
James McGee knows well the history of housing discrimination against Black people like him in Texas. He worked in the mortgage industry for 20 years and now advocates for the revitalization of southern Dallas, an area where the majority of residents are Black or Hispanic.