Posted on 12/30/2014 6:45:57 PM PST by Morgana
AUSTIN — Anti-abortion lawmakers are looking to use next year’s legislative session to build on the restrictions that prompted more than half of Texas’ 40 abortion clinics to close.
Among the proposals: more limits on legal exemptions for girls seeking an abortion without notifying their parents, and efforts to ensure that women are not being coerced into having abortions, particularly in human trafficking cases.
The new agenda comes as social conservatives have made substantial gains, giving them greater clout in the GOP-led Legislature. It also sets up potential conflicts with abortion-rights supporters, largely Democrats, who have vowed to try to derail further restrictions.
Anti-abortion groups acknowledge that Texas has pushed the legal limits in curtailing the procedure, marked by a sweeping 2013 law that targeted providers and remains the subject of court battles. But they believe some provisions can be tightened when the Legislature returns in mid-January.
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