Gov. Rick Perry added two more items to the special session agenda Tuesday, including one sure to ignite partisan fights in the House and Senate: abortion.
Conservatives called on Perry to add abortion to the special session schedule before the Legislature even gaveled out of its 140-day regular session last month.
On Tuesday, Perry answered by directing lawmakers to get to work on "legislation relating to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers, and facilities."
Perry did not specify a particular measure, and his statement could leave the door open for lawmakers to consider a variety of abortion proposals that never made it to the floor of the House or the Senate during the regular session. Those include a ban on abortion after 20 weeks, a proposal to require higher standards for abortion clinics or one to require all doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic.
Lawmakers already are working through the third week of a 30-day special session called originally to focus on redistricting.
Perry on Tuesday also added to the special session call a proposal relating to establishing a mandatory sentence of life with parole for a capital felony committed by a 17-year-old offender."
On Monday, Perry added transportation funding to the special session.
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