And before this law, what was protecting babies in the wombs 20 weeks and over?
Nothing. Because Rick Perry and the "pro-life" Republicans ten years ago placed explicit permission in the Texas Code to murder all the babies.
Sec. 19.06. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT. This chapter does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is: (1) conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child; (2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent, if the death of the unborn child was the intended result of the procedure; (3) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent as part of an assisted reproduction as defined by Section 160.102, Family Code; or (4) the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Texas Penal Code, Title 5, Chapter 19, Sec. 19.06.
And the new code sections will only make this horrible situation worse. They will now have a whole new classification of subhumans who are specifically denied the equal protection of the laws that the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments demand.