Texas Senate Moves Forward With Bill Requiring Women To Get Counseling Before An Abortion

Bill advocates say such counseling is necessary to inform pregnant women of all resources available to them, but opponents fear that the legislation lacks key protections, like a requirement for the counselor to be a licensed medical professional. Meanwhile, an Alabama lawmaker gets push back over the language he used while criticizing his antiabortion colleagues for not caring for children after they're born.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2VLGmfW