The Highly contentious Texas abortion bill is moving to the Texas state senate once again after being stopped in the final minutes last month after a filibuster by Texas State Senator Wendy Davis throughout the day on June 25th.

Texas Governor Rick Perry quickly re-scheduled the bill and called another special session to address it after it failed to pass before its midnight deadline last month.

This time, the bill cleared the Republican-controlled Texas House on a vote of 96-49. It is expected to be passed in the Senate by a margin of 19-10 and head to the governor soon.

Democrats in the House attempted to tack on an amendment to the bill to boost adoption benefits for the thousands of unwanted children that will be born as a direct result of this bill. Representative Ruth McClendon, the author of the amendment said, “If we don’t accept this amendment, then we will be saying the consequences of children born because of this bill don’t matter, that the lives that we are saving are not worth a good home.”

The amendment was defeated 91-52. Republicans in the House argued that the amendment duplicated what the state already had in place.

This new Texas abortion bill will close the vast majority of abortion clinics in the state through re-classification which would make it mandatory that the doctor have admitting privledges at a hospital located within thirty miles. Of the 42 clinics in that state, the new law will close all but 5. The bill also bans abortions after 20 weeks.

Related Article

Senator Wendy Davis, Protesters Thwart Texas Republican-Led Abortion Bill