Hi.
Almost before the shouting was over,
Florida's anti-abortion session fizzled,
the eyes of Texas and a lot of other
states were on Florida and blinked
hard at what they saw.
These are two disappointing
setbacks, there's no question about that.
The head of Texans United for Life, Bill
Price, says the group will pressure
Governor Clements to put abortion on the
agenda of the November special session.
Pryce says anti-abortion legislators will
introduce bills to limit abortion.
Clemens called the special session
because of workers compensation issues.
The pro-life governor says he still has
not decided whether to include abortion
this year or next or at all.
He needs to do what's right.
He made a commitment when he ran for
office in 1986
to this organization, to the people of
this state to do whatever he could to
stop abortion.
Now he has a chance to force
the legislators of this state to deal
with the issue.
Abortion rights forces say legal abortion
clearly is endangered.
If there is silence from those who want
privacy, we will lose legal abortion.
If people are willing to speak up right
now, not just in Texas, but all
over the country, then I think we will
not return to the days of the illegal
abortion. It's completely up to the
public.
Both sides say state legislative races
a year from now are critical since
regardless of any special session, a
showdown over abortion is guaranteed
during the regular session of Ninety-One.
Mark Randstad, Texas News 5.