Several Texas Republicans indicated there may be support for exemptions to the state’s restrictive abortion law, which currently prohibits abortions even in cases of rape and incest, with the exception to save the life of the mother.
Longtime state Sen. Robert Nichols of Jacksonville said he would support revising the law to add an exception for rape, and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan acknowledged that members of his caucus have expressed that they want to revisit the law’s exemptions during the Texas Tribune’s TribFest.
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