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
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Originally published on December 23, 2020 9:25 am
When Julieta Hernandez began hearing the first rumblings about a COVID-19 vaccine soon arriving in Texas, the Rockport writer and bartender had no doubts that she would get her shot when her time came.
And then she sat down to breakfast with her vegetarian parents, lifelong believers in homeopathic treatments with a deep skepticism for vaccines and mistrust in the government.
“You’re not planning on getting that, are you?” they asked her.
Now, Hernandez, 22, is on the fence, feeling guilty because she knows “it’s the right thing to do” but wanting to trust her parents and her own naturalistic upbringing.
"Vaccine hesitancy" or "vaccine skepticism" remains a huge challenge for health authorities trying to overcome mistrust by communities of color, the anti-vaxxer crowd and general dubiousness on the part of a traumatized nation.
Some Texans are hesitant to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Here’s how health officials are countering skepticism.
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Doctors Hospital at Renaissance employees in Edinburg ready a Pfizer vaccine for administration on Dec. 19, 2020 Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune
When Julieta Hernandez began hearing the first rumblings about a COVID-19 vaccine soon arriving in Texas, the Rockport writer and bartender had no doubts that she would get her shot when her time came.
And then she sat down to breakfast with her vegetarian parents, lifelong believers in homeopathic treatments with a deep skepticism for vaccines and mistrust in the government.