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