Companion Pro-Life Bill Filed in the Texas Senate

AUSTIN – State Senator Kelly Hancock has filed a companion bill to one filed by State Representative Matt Schaefer of Tyler. They say the measure will bring pro-life changes to the Texas abortion law. The Disabled Preborn Justice Act prohibits discriminatory abortions at all stages of pregnancy, based on the preborn child’s race, ethnicity, sex or probability of disability. Under current law, most babies are protected from abortion after 20 weeks gestation. However, babies who may have a disability can be killed in an abortion through all nine months of development in the womb. Hancock and Schaefer say their measure will close that loophole. Also, the Disabled Preborn Justice Act would ban the practice of sex selective abortion