Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state's near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies. "I do think ...

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN — The Texas Legislature may clarify for medical professionals when it’s legal to perform a life-saving abortion, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said this week.

"Protecting the life of the mother is of paramount importance... any doctor who fails to do that is actually violating their ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s recent acknowledgment that Texas' near total abortion ban, which he has championed, is endangering the lives of mothers is stunning. Few elected officials are as absolute ...

A new poll from University of Houston researchers shows that 83% of Texans supported the exceptions to the state's abortion ...

Over the weekend, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican who’s outspokenly opposed to abortion, told WFAA that he’d be open to making the state’s ban more clear. On some aspects of ...

Dan Patrick, have said they are open to potentially ... doctors can perform an abortion. “There have been hundreds of abortions that have been provided under this law, so there are plenty ...

Dan Patrick on Sunday indicated in an interview ... Hughes, who wrote Texas' six-week abortion ban, had previously argued the medical exception was clear. So far, however, no Republicans in ...