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Texas Legislature 2021

Slate of Texas legislation limiting abortion, including so-called “heartbeat bill,” heads to Senate

The legislative session that began in January has been driven by the coronavirus pandemic and the response to last month’s power crisis. But abortion-related measures dominated a Senate State Affairs committee hearing Monday, and lawmakers advanced all of the proposals.

A women's health clinic in Texas.

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