Reuters: Politics: Texas House votes to send to state Senate bill restricting abortions

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Texas House votes to send to state Senate bill restricting abortions Jul 10th 2013, 17:56 By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas | Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:56pm EDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, set strict health and safety standards for abortion clinics and restrict use of the so-called "abortion pill." The House, which gave preliminary approval to the bill late on Tuesday, voted 96 to 49 on Wednesday to send it to the state Senate. The House approved the same proposal during a previous special session of the legislature but it failed in the Senate after Democratic Senator Wendy Davis staged an 11-hour filibuster to prevent passage. Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican who opposes abortion, called lawmakers back to Austin for a second special session to reconsider the bill. A majority of lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Senate are in favor of it. The "abortion pill" refers to the abortion-inducing drug RU-486. Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides health counseling and services including abortions, has said the stricter standards for clinics would cause all but six of the 42 abortion facilities in Texas to close. The bill's author, Republican Jodie Laubenberg, has said none of the facilities would be forced to close.

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