You've got some serious partisan blinders on.
I'm conservative and pro-life first, Republican second.
My partisanship is for the prolife side: I just see the abortionists and abstinence-plus women and men that I run up against in Austin cussin' a blue streak because a Republican Governor did this.
I can just see him saying, "We're not going to hear this all Spring!"
Now, we can get down to banning State funds for unethical stem cell research.