SB 8, a cruel and unnecessary anti-abortion bill, which has already passed in the Texas Senate, could be voted on by the Texas House as soon as this Friday, May 19.
According to our friends at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, this bill would “ban the donation of fetal tissue from abortion clinics for research purposes and contains a copy of an existing federal ban of safe, medically-proven abortion procedure. It also requires embryonic and fetal tissue to be buried or cremated, rather than handled according to current public health regulations.”
We need phone calls to your state representatives to keep this bill from going any further. Here’s how you can contact your state rep and some suggested language to use when you do: