AUSTIN, Texas -- In a Capitol crackling with energy from passionate crowds on both sides of the abortion debate, the second special session of the Texas Legislature kicked off Monday with a brief but tense Senate session that began with a prayer for healing. Chanting, singing protesters, conspicuous law officers and dueling news conferences ruled the day. But the real work begins Tuesday, when a House committee holds a 3:30 p.m.-to-midnight public hearing on heightened abortion regulations, setting up a possible conflict from abortion rights advocates and abortion opponents who have promised to pack the hearing with hundreds of people willing to testify. A similar hearing in the previous...
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