Key Texas legislators say they intend to pass a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The move would add some big-state momentum to a trend

All school classrooms will be required to display the Ten Commandments if some Texas lawmakers have their way.

Patients and doctors have said the ban's only exception is so vague and the penalties are so steep that providers are reluctant to perform emergency abortions.

“I think it’s clear, but I’m also open to the idea that some doctors don’t see it that way, some hospitals don’t think that way,” said Patrick, a Republican who presides over the Texas Senate. “We don’t want to stand in the way of that, but we’re not going to open it up so that abortion is prevalent again in the state.”

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Legislature should amend the language of the state's near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.

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Juanita was preceded in death by her husband: Ashley R. Ames; parents: Willie Gordon Ruby and Audrey Rebecca Doster; brothers: Bill Ruby, Raymond Ruby, and Robert Ruby; sisters: Doris Nance and Katie Pruitt; brothers in law: Chester Pruitt, Bill Nance, and Jack Hamilton; and sister-in-law: LaRue Ruby.

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.

"I do think that we need to clarify any language so that doctors are not in fear of being penalized if they think the life of the mother is at risk," Patrick said Sunday on WFAA's "Inside Texas Politics" after he was asked whether he expected "any significant abortion legislation,