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AUSTIN — Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan announced four legislative priorities for the chamber on Thursday, the first slate of high priority bills this session.
Fetal heartbeat bill restricting access to abortion passes Texas House
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6 hrs ago Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
May 5 A bill that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected which typically occurs around 6 weeks, often before pregnancy is known is on track to head to Gov. Greg Abbott s desk after the proposal initially passed out of the Texas House of Representatives.
Senate Bill 8 got the approval of the upper chamber in March. House members took up the proposal on the House floor Wednesday and will have to vote on it again before it passes out of the chamber. The vote was 81-63.