The womb-envious male-dominated Texas Senate is all but salivating over a proposed abortion law that would force women to listen to fetal heartbeats (when available). The women would also be forced to view sonograms and listen to a doctor describe the fetus. Texas lawmakers may or may not permit women to avert their eyes during the forced sonogram viewing.Republicans currently have a supermajority in the Texas legislature so the new law mandating stricter control of women is probably a done deal. Look for it to spread to repressive red states like Tennessee.
The Texas Senate has 31 members. Six are women:
A Texas Senate committee will begin considering an anti-abortion measure this week that, if passed, would be one of the strongest in the nation.
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