Texas intends to add abortion regulations
Source: Washington Post
Texas intends to require aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated starting in September, adding new abortion regulations after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s restrictive clinic laws.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state health officials to propose the changes, his office said Thursday, which were quietly put out for public comment this month.
Similar fetal-remain rules in Indiana are on hold after a federal judge granted a temporary injunction last week against that state’s broad new antiabortion law. That bill, signed in March by Gov. Mike Pence (R), more notably also banned abortions related to genetic abnormalities.
Texas, however, isn’t waiting for lawmakers to pass a bill regarding fetal remains. Abbott had been talking with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for months about making a change, Abbott spokeswoman Ciara Matthews said.
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