Texas Democrats, newly emboldened by last week’s midterm results, have filed a series of bills that would weaken or entirely repeal the state’s protections for unborn children.

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From Breitbart:

Following devastating Republican losses in the 2026 midterm elections, several Texas Democrat state lawmakers are trying to chip away at laws protecting unborn babies from being killed in abortions.

Several state Democrats filed bills on November 9 that aim to partially or entirely undo the state’s abortion restrictions, USA Today reported. The lawmakers are targeting unborn babies after winning the governor’s seat and the majority in the Texas House of Representatives. Republicans will still hold a majority in the Texas Senate in January.

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State Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin), filed House Bill 126 this week, which is an omnibus bill that would scrap the 2022 trigger ban, the 2021 heartbeat abortion restriction, and a 1925 pre-Roe abortion restriction. The bill would also undo parental notification requirements for minors, mandatory waiting periods, and the state’s ban on sex-mutilating transgender drugs and surgeries for minors, according to the report.

Texas has been one of the nation’s strongest pro-life states. Its 2022 trigger ban prohibits abortion at any stage of pregnancy, except when the mother’s life is at risk or she faces a serious health risk, and abortionists who violate it can face up to life in prison. The 2021 heartbeat law, SB 8, let private citizens sue anyone who performed or helped with an abortion after cardiac activity was detected. Other laws require parental notification for minors, set standards for abortion facilities, ban partial-birth abortion and restrict how abortion pills are prescribed and sent.

Howard’s bill is only one of five. Rep.-elect Samantha Lopez-Resendez’s HB 948 would repeal all three of the state’s abortion bans. Rep. Rhetta Bowers’s HB 987 would repeal the 2022 and 1925 laws and leave the six-week limit in place. In the Senate, Sen. Carol Alvarado’s SB 231 would allow abortion in cases of rape or incest without requiring a police report or any evidence. Sen. Molly Cook’s SB 243 would allow abortion at any point in pregnancy when a baby is diagnosed with a fatal condition, with two doctors required to agree and an ethics committee reviewing cases after 24 weeks.

The bills follow a Democratic sweep that left Republicans holding few statewide offices and prompted Sen. Ted Cruz to launch a new effort to rebuild the party in Texas. For now, the Republican majority in the Texas Senate stands between these bills and the governor’s desk.

Let’s pray for the Republican senators in Austin to stand firm and refuse to trade away the lives of unborn children for political advantage. Let’s pray that every one of these bills would fail, and that the lawmakers who filed them would come face to face with the truth that every child in the womb bears the image of God. Let’s pray for pregnancy centers and pro-life ministries across Texas to be strengthened as they serve mothers in crisis. And let’s pray for the church in Texas to rise up, speak plainly about the value of life, and refuse to let the gains of the last five years be undone.

Share your prayers and scriptures for the protection of Texas’s unborn children in the comments.

(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: Bo Zaunders/Getty Images)