In post-Roe Texas, GOP avoids talk of abortion in pivot to family services
Texas Republicans celebrate the May 2021 signing of the so-called"heartbeat" bill that ushered in the state's virtual ban on abortion.Republican state lawmakers walked out of the 2021 legislative session celebrating the passage of a novel six-week abortion ban.
“They got a political win, and pushing it more now might either make them look extreme or highlight the fact that they're out of step with where most Texans are on the abortion issue,” said Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor at the University of Houston. “Focusing on women's health lets Republicans soften the edges of a controversial and divisive policy.”
State Sen. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, filed Senate Bill 1440 to hold credit card companies liable for processing any transactions to deliver abortion pills. That’s on top of a law the Legislature passed two years ago making it a crime to prescribe the drug via mail.He said bills like his are part of the “cleanup” after the Legislature passed the abortion bans in 2021, because “we just don't dream of how people will cheat the system.
Republicans in both chambers are focusing instead on a slate of bills that aim to bolster some family services and extend health care coverage for new moms. In the House, state Rep. Toni Rose, D-Dallas, is carrying a bipartisan bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to 12 months after birth. It’s a priority bill for House Speaker Dade Phelan.
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