   Perry said he would like "to make abortion at any stage a
thing of the past," but since that isn't possible under federal
law, the Legislature has an "obligation to end that kind of
cruelty" when an unborn child can feel pain.  NARAL Pro-Choice
Texas called the proposed legislation—which has not yet been
submitted—"a cruel attempt by anti-choice extremists to curb
access to care for women in the most desperate of
circumstances."  "The reality is that while most women welcome
pregnancy and can look forward to a safe childbirth, for some,
pregnancy can be dangerous," the group said in a statement.  The
proposed bill, however, should have widespread support in Texas'
largely Republican Legislature, which passed several laws in its
2011 session that made it more difficult to get an abortion,
including a law that requires women to have a sonogram before
going ahead with the procedure and putting in place a 24-hour
waiting period between the time she sees a doctor and has the
abortion.  Forty-one states already