May 19, 2017      5:57 PM

House begins marathon debate on SB8, omnibus abortion and fetal remains bill

House adds “dismemberment abortion” ban; Howard offers emotional plea: “This is political interference in medicine at its worst”

Friday evening, representatives were hours into an abortion debate on the floor, spurred by Senate Bill 8, which passed out of the upper chamber in March.

The bill bans the donation of fetal tissue and “partial-birth” abortions and regulates the disposition of remains.

The term “partial-birth” abortions, a non-medical term, refers to a type of abortion that is already not allowed under federal law. Rep. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale, the bill’s sponsor, said her bill is meant to align Texas law with the federal law, though some questioned why it was necessary to duplicate the law.

By Eleanor Dearman

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