Brief bipartisan abortion consensus in Texas Senate frays over bill to ban pills

AUSTIN — Texas senators united to pass an abortion bill this week. But that newly minted abortion coalition didn’t last long. One day after the Senate came together to clarify that Texas doctors may intervene and provide abortion care to pregnant women in medical emergencies, an abortion pill bill shattered the brief bipartisan alliance. “Senate Bill 31 was a good start,” Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, said Wednesday. “That one tiny step forward [was] followed immediately by this staggering hurdle backwards.” The Senate late Wednesday passed an expansive abortion pill bill...