The House Insurance Committee heard debate Tuesday on a bill that would prohibit the coverage of elective abortions in minimum state health plans, and would require women to opt into and pay more for abortion coverage.
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Group Aims to Repeal Required Waiting Period for Abortions
The Texas House Women’s Health Caucus has announced plans to try to repeal the 24-hour waiting period imposed by the abortion sonogram law that legislators approved in 2011.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans Favor “Fetal Pain” Proposal
Texans haven’t changed their overall views on the availability of abortions. But a majority favors a “fetal pain” proposal that would outlaw abortions after 20 weeks, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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House Republicans File Fetal Pain Bill
Two House Republicans filed a “fetal pain” bill on Tuesday that would ban abortions 20 weeks after conception. Gov. Rick Perry has publicly expressed support for the measure.
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Senate Panel Hears Testimony on Abortion Bill
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday considered legislation to tighten abortion restrictions.
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State Government
Video: Hundreds Crowd Capitol to “Rally for Life”
The state’s Republican leaders each took turns at the microphone on Saturday afternoon to rouse what Gov. Rick Perry called a record crowd at the annual Texas Rally for Life.
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Newsreel: Women’s Health, Guns and the Lege
In this edition of the Newsreel: Legislative debate over women’s health funding, abortion and Planned Parenthood has started. This week is the 4oth anniversary of the Rove v. Wade ruling. Lawmakers are talking again about guns on campus.
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Bill Proposing Tax Break Targets Contraception Rule
A bill filed Thursday in the Texas House would give religiously based businesses a state tax break if the businesses chose not to comply with the federal government’s mandate that employers provide contraception coverage.
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TribLive: A Conversation About Family Planning
Full video of my January 22 TribLive conversation about family planning and women’s health with state Reps. Donna Howard, D-Austin, and Sarah Davis, R-West University Place.
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TribLive: Howard and Davis on Fetal Pain
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, state Reps. Sarah Davis, R-West University Place, and Donna Howard, D-Austin, talked about the possibility of legislation in the 83rd session restricting access to abortions.
