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Texas Senate passes 7 bills aimed at restricting access to abortion By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published  Texas Senate passes 7 bills aimed at restricting access to abortion The Texas Senate has given the okay to seven House bills aimed at restricting, and possibly even banning, abortions in the state. AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Senate has passed seven bills aimed at restricting access to abortions in Texas. "We need to protect that unborn child and the mother, and that's the goal of what the legislature is doing this time," said Dr. Joe Pojman, executive director for Texas Alliance for Lif...

Bill filing deadline: Republicans file election legislation that Democrats call voter suppression With Friday marking the bill filing deadline, lawmakers filed a flurry of election and voter bills. Democrats say it’s just the latest attempt at voter suppression. The 87th Texas Legislature is called into session at the Texas Capitol building in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (Lynda M. González/The Dallas Morning News)(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN – Friday marked the bill filing deadline in the 87th Texas Legislature, and with it came several pieces of last-...

Bill filed by GOP lawmaker tries to make getting an abortion a capital offense As filed by Rep. Bryan Slaton, this bill would abolish abortions, raising the possibility of the death penalty for women who get one, and criminal charges for physicians who do the procedure. An exam table stands in an operating room at the Whole Woman's Health abortion clinic in San Antonio.(Bloomberg News / Matthew Busch) AUSTIN — North Texas Republican state Rep. Bryan Slaton introduced a bill Tuesday that would not only abolish abortion, but also allow the death penalty for women and physicians who carry out...

Greg Abbott's Mask Mandate Repeal Divides Texas Voters, Has Less Support In Cities: Poll On 3/11/21 at 1:28 PM EST Texas Governor Greg Abbott's decision to lift the state's mask mandate has divided Texas voters, with a majority of residents in cities disagreeing with the measure, according to a new poll. The survey, which was conducted by Progress Texas and Public Policy Polling last week, found that public opinion on the mandate was evenly split across all Texans, with 48 percent in support and 48 percent in opposition. But Texans in major metro areas — where roughly 70 percent of the stat...

A poll published by a non-profit organization showed Gov. Abbott’s state-wide repeal of his mask mandate is unpopular in major metro areas- whereas non-urban parts of the state support the move.