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Recently, the Texas Senate voted 20-10 to approve a bill that would require women seeking elective abortion to receive counseling at someplace other than an abortion facility before undergoing an abortion. Senate Bill 2243<\/a> received support from two Democrats in addition to the Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n

According to the Dallas Morning News<\/a>, the bill\u2019s author, Senator Angela Paxton (R-McKinney), said that the legislation was intended \u201cto provide support to women when they go through the decision-making process for perhaps one of the most challenging things that they\u2019ll face their entire lives.\u201d The counseling would include screening for abortion coercion<\/a>, human trafficking, and family violence. It would cost an estimated $1.9 million to be paid out of the state\u2019s Alternatives to Abortion program.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Former abortion workers reveal \u2018abortion counseling\u2019 is really manipulation<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paxton, who was adopted, told the story of a woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy who was scared and unsure of her future. She said, \u201cI know this story because this woman was my birth mother.\u201d Paxton added, \u201cAnd we can only imagine how many women go through a similar circumstance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former abortion facility workers have revealed<\/a> that the pre-abortion counseling women receive at abortion facilities is often biased, lacking information, or outright manipulative and coercive. One former abortion worker wrote<\/a>, \u201cI was told in no uncertain terms to always validate the mother\u2019s reasons for having the abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to some studies, 79% of women<\/a> who underwent abortion said they were not told of available alternatives. The counseling requirement passed by the Texas Senate is an attempt to connect women with resources of which they might not otherwise be aware. While pro-abortion activists call themselves \u201cpro-choice,\u201d they typically oppose efforts to require counseling or other informed consent measures prior to women seeking elective abortion.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Women who desire to learn about pregnancy options available to them in their local areas may visit OptionLine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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