AUSTIN — Emotional debate stretched late into the night Sunday on a bill that would ban abortion at 20 weeks and impose tighter regulations on the procedure, with Republicans calling it a crucial measure to protect life and Democrats decrying it as pure politics that would hurt women. “The truth is that these bills aren't about women's health, and they aren't about the will of the people. They're about winning Republican primaries,” Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, said in a speech. Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, a Parker Republican sponsoring the legislation in the House, said it was meant to protect women and unborn children. “The baby can feel the pain of an abortion at the post-fertilization age...
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