Perry hails 'happy, celebratory day for those who support life' but controversial bill likely to be subject to court challenge Rick Perry said: 'We celebrate and further cement the foundation on which the culture of life in Texas is built.' Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Rick Perry, the Republican governor of Texas, signed into law the nation's most sweeping new abortion limits on Thursday morning, in a move that is likely to be subject to a challenge in the courts. The bill, which will drastically reduce access to abortion in the state, failed to pass last month because of an 11-hour filibuster by state senator Wendy Davis, a Democrat. It was passed last week after Perry called a...
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