A bill that would provide equal protection under the law for preborn children by treating elective abortion as murder was “yanked” from its scheduled committee hearing the night before, for still unconfirmed reasons.
House Bill (HB) 2197, also dubbed “abolition of abortion” legislation, closes a sole exception in Texas’ penal code that protects women who have an abortion from facing criminal charges otherwise doled out to those found guilty of intentionally ending another human’s life. It also would end the sale of abortion pills, which are still legal in the State of Texas.
