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Texas Lawmakers Want Abortion Clinics To Be Required To Report Complications To Health Department
Texas Tribune: Texas House Moves To Require More Abortion Reporting Data
Health facilities that perform abortions may soon have to release more detailed data on complications that arise during and after the procedure — another move by GOP lawmakers to crack down on abortions in Texas. House lawmakers voted 94-52 to require hospitals, birthing centers, community health centers and freestanding emergency rooms that perform abortions — not just abortion clinics — to submit complication reports to the Department of State Health Services. (Evans, 5/11)
Austin American-Statesman: Texas House OKs Bill Requiring Reports On Abortion Complications
Revisiting the sorts of abortion battles that have embroiled Texas over recent legislative sessions, the House on Thursday considered a measure that requires facilities providing abortions to report complications related to the procedure. House Bill 2962, by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, proposes that every hospital, abortion facility, and medical care facility that provides emergency care assemble a quarterly report on each abortion complication diagnosed or treated at the facility. (Price, 5/11)
Meanwhile, in Illinois —
Reuters: Illinois Lawmakers Delay Bill To Expand Abortion As Veto Looms
Democratic lawmakers in Illinois on Thursday said they have placed on hold a bill that expands state-funded coverage of abortions for low-income residents and state employees but faces a likely veto from the state's Republican governor. The bill, which received final passage in a 33-22 state Senate vote on Wednesday, also aims to keep abortions legal in Illinois if the U.S. Supreme Court follows President Donald Trump's call to overturn its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortions legal 44 years ago. (Mclaughlin, 5/11)
Chicago Sun Times: Senate Dems Put Hold On Sending Abortion Bill To Rauner's Desk
Illinois Senate Democrats are temporarily halting a controversial abortion bill from reaching the governor’s desk — calling it a way to protect the bill from Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vowed veto “until he comes to his senses.” The bill would force the Republican governor running for re-election to decide whether to risk angering socially moderate voters by vetoing it, or risk the wrath of conservatives by signing it. (Sfondeles, 5/11)
