Rest in Peace, Anti-Abortion Bills
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:18 pm
The two most controversial abortion bills died tonight in the House. Speaker Tom Craddick sustained a day-old point of order on SB 785, killing the bill and possibly angering his pro-life base of support, although maybe he has bigger worries at the moment. The legislation would have required excessive and invasive abortion reporting and outed the judges that rule in sensitive judicial bypass cases.
Rep. Frank Corte pulled down SB 920 - Sen. Dan Patrick’s bill that would have required abortion providers to perform ultrasounds and possibly force a woman to review them - after it became clear the bill’s opponents would drag out today’s calendar until midnight to keep it from coming up. With today being the deadline for the House to pass Senate bills on second reading, SB 920 could have been the death of dozens of bills behind it on the calendar.
Corte was clearly not happy. After he pulled the bill down, he stormed out of the House chamber.
