AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas senator’s bill intended to prevent minors from purchasing a commonly abused substance will be heard before the Texas Senate after gaining committee approval.

The bill, introduced by Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes, still requires that patients have a medical emergency for a physician to perform an abortion but strikes language that it be a life ...

Bryan Hughes , R - Mineola, speaks in favor of his anti-abortion Senate Bill 8 in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP ...