Video & Transcript Research : 'abortion exception'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Press Conference: Legislative Update May 23rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to end the use and distribution of medication abortions in Texas so the abortion.
  • Most Texans don't really understand that you are ten times more likely to die from a medication abortion
  • than you are from a surgical abortion.
  • kills the bill that would protect tens of thousands of innocent children from the murder that is abortion
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Of medication abortions in Texas, so the abortion medications that are coming into Texas, most Texans
  • don't really understand you are 10 more, you are 10 times more likely to die from a medication abortion
  • than you are a surgical abortion.
  • King kills a bill that would protect tens of thousands of innocent children from the murder that is abortion
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 9, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Don't ever put an exception budget item in. Why?
  • The reason I say that is people who give exception budgets, they're brave.
  • But just recognize, if you bring exception budget items, they're your brave people.
  • Business council exception budget items. If you do nothing, you get nothing. All right.
  • Business council exception budget items. Business council exception budget items.
Keywords: 916, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I know that's not anything to do with this bill except for what a great person you are and what you
  • Is it true that you have advocated for minors to have access to abortion pills without oversight?
  • Vidal: ...minors being able to have access to abortion pills?
  • and there are members here who have opposed this bill but they have supported puberty blockers and abortion
  • Why do you think we should make an exception and overrule Secretary Kennedy in this case?
Bills: HB25, HB48, HB149, HB254, HB26, HB192
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • either judicial exceptions or parental consent exceptions.
  • I don't live life without exception because most of my life I've needed an exception.
  • I said, let's have an exception. Please, let's have an exception.
  • We talked about no exceptions.
  • What I said, really, really think this is an exceptional bill.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Oct 2nd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I really do take exception, Mr.
  • We've actually done nothing except for posture.
  • So I don't really have a lot more to say about the bill except that I am supportive of the bill.
  • Inside of that, those things included things like abortion and gender care. Mr.
  • I think he said gender-affirming care or abortion.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • had in last year's sales tax holiday all of the firearm accessories that are on the list, with the exception
  • Your point is a valid one, except that those retailers, particularly the hunting, fishing, camping, and
  • I understand that there may be some concern that we're also looking for abortion drugs as a part of this
  • I understand that there may be some concern that we're also looking for abortion drugs as a part of this
  • wastewater as a means of criminalizing women and providers for ending their pregnancies at home with abortion
Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill. On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 18, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No exception. That's why I offered two amendments.
  • No exception. That's why I offered two amendments.
  • No exception.
  • No further amendment to the bill as amended shall be in order except those printed in House Report 119
  • <04:04:55.439> for are, it preserves narrow exceptions for are, it preserves narrow exceptions
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 13, 2026 - PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • believe uh prohibit uh any abortions believe uh prohibit uh any abortions from<00:58:08.559>
  • > except<00:58:50.400> under abortions for students except under abortions for students except
  • <00:58:59.920> for coverage of elective abortions for coverage of elective abortions for students
  • <00:59:00.720> except<00:59:01.119> under<00:59:01.440> circumstances students except
  • There are no exception Energy Authority.
Keywords: 916, all
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 27, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are 16 exceptions. If there's other verbiage, I will look at this.
  •   247 OF 16 EXCEPTIONS. IF THERE'S OTHER VERBIAGE I WILL LOOK AT THIS.
  • Horrible, horrific parents over here is always the exception, and I would argue the name Doctor Larry
  • The exceptions conflict with the precedent on this bill.
  • The exceptions conflict with the precedent on this bill.
Summary: The committee first heard HB 245, which would replace references in Florida law to “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material.” The sponsor said the change was overdue and more accurately reflects the criminal nature of the material. There was brief supportive public testimony, no debate, and the bill was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. The committee then took up HB 237 on the use of professional nursing titles. The sponsor said advanced practice registered nurses should be able to use earned academic titles such as DNP or PhD. Supporters testified in favor, there was no opposition or debate, and the bill passed unanimously and was reported favorably. The longest discussion centered on HB 173, which would expand parental consent and access requirements for minors’ medical care, medical records, certain school surveys, and biomedical devices. Supporters argued it restores parental rights and keeps parents involved in children’s health decisions, while opponents—many from medical, mental health, LGBTQ, and youth advocacy groups—warned it could block access to STI treatment, mental health care, crisis hotlines, and confidential services for vulnerable youth, including those in abusive homes. After extensive testimony and debate, the bill was reported favorably on a 19-7 vote. Finally, the committee began HB 327 on uterine fibroid research. The sponsor explained the bill would require health care providers to submit identified data so the Department of Health can build a usable de-identified research database, after prior implementation problems with duplicate or unverified data. A supportive local official testified, and members indicated support as the meeting moved toward a vote.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 21st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Title 38 relative to the procurement of public motor vehicles and rolling stock to provide for an exception
  • care providers and insurers to use the term “miscarriage” alongside the medical term “spontaneous abortion
  • by Representative Coates is an act to amend Title 40 relative to cosmetic products to create an exception
  • to regulation for cottage cosmetic products to create an exception to regulation for cottage cosmetic
  • House Bill 930, relative to cosmetic products, creates an exception to regulation for cottage cosmetic
Bills: SR134, SR135, SR136, SR137, SR140, SR141, SR142, SCR75, SCR77, SCR12, HB75, HB1199, HB221, HCR89, HCR96, HCR103, HCR108, HCR58, HB9, HB177, HB181, HB198, HB202, HB223, HB225, HB387, HB398, HB457, HB459, HB540, HB591, HB616, HB766, HB775, HB783, HB797, HB895, HB906, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1052, HB1057, HB1076, HB1100, HB1139, HB1155, HB1160, HB1182, HB1186, HB1220, HB1222, HB1223, HB1224, HB1228, HB1231, HB1245, HB1256, SCR3, SB393, SB401, SB415, SB426, SB435, SB487, SB488, SB523, SB56, SB163, SB341, SB504, SB322, SCR9, SCR58, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR27, HCR28, HCR66, HCR67, HCR72, HCR31, HCR47, HCR41, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB386, HB392, HB431, HB441, HB559, HB664, HB685, HB715, HB741, HB822, HB856, HB908, HB980, HB990, HB999, HB1010, HB1243, HB54, HB137, HB180, HB192, HB310, HB321, HB396, HB512, HB552, HB578, HB638, HB663, HB708, HB717, HB718, HB1009, HB1082, HB1104, HB1107, HB1198, HB1246, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, HB316, HB511, HB799, HB1039, HB12, HB66, HB145, HB167, HB196, HB213, HB218, HB222, HB256, HB291, HB326, HB352, HB401, HB430, HB433, HB434, HB448, HB456, HB476, HB481, HB487, HB492, HB549, HB579, HB608, HB621, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB637, HB656, HB722, HB745, HB804, HB818, HB821, HB833, HB864, HB867, HB874, HB893, HB909, HB951, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB979, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1005, HB1007, HB1024, HB1032, HB1038, HB1050, HB1051, HB1056, HB1059, HB1077, HB1080, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1112, HB1153, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1193, HB1204, HB1218, HB1242, HB1244, HB1249, HB1252, HB1254, HB17, HB36, HB41, HB47, HB73, HB126, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB271, HB324, HB337, HB351, HB399, HB571, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB750, HB759, HB844, HB966, HB1006, HB1018, HB1036, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB441, SB449, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB149
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 29th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Thomas: Okay, do these centers provide abortions?
  • Okay, did these centers provide, do abortions? No, that's illegal in Louisiana. Okay, thank you.
  • Senate bills, except for Senate Bill 125, be referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  • The Senate bills, except for Senate Bill 123, will be referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  • Senate bills, except for Senate Bills 169, 387, and 401, will be referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Summary: The House met with a quorum and began with prayer, the pledge, and routine journal and leave actions. Members then used personal privilege remarks to recognize several Capitol Day events and visiting groups, including St. Bernard Parish Day, Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association Day, local ARPEC members, a retirement tribute to Barney Arsenault, Deaf History Month, Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, Young Farmers and Ranchers, housing advocates, and Louisiana Hospital Day. The chamber also received Senate messages on concurred resolutions, adopted Senate resolutions, and newly passed Senate bills, along with committee and Legislative Bureau reports on various House and Senate measures. The House then considered and passed a series of bills. Among those approved were measures requiring documentation for inmates upon release (HB 167), allowing court filings on letter-sized paper (HB 227), clarifying recusal procedures for district attorneys (HB 243), strengthening safe harbor protections for trafficking victims (HB 321), adding citizenship verification oversight for public benefits (HB 335), capping state travel meal reimbursements to GSA rates for the judiciary (HB 398), establishing a Governor’s Task Force on Impaired Driving (HB 492), updating school emergency operation plans (HB 624), improving coordination of public assistance benefits when children enter or leave foster care (HB 689, later amended and passed), expanding justice of the peace jurisdiction in East Baton Rouge Parish (HB 708), revising election petition and unaffiliated voter rules (HB 906), regulating electronic monitoring device removal (HB 968), renaming and expanding the crime victims’ compensation fund (HB 969), raising the indigent defender contribution threshold for small municipalities (HB 978), requiring QR codes on sex offender licenses (HB 985), reorganizing the state public defender system (HB 1005), extending an alcohol permit moratorium (HB 1029), allowing microbreweries to sell at special events (HB 1077), adding alternative backup power options for nursing facilities (HB 1095), creating a misdemeanor for relay-attack vehicle theft devices (HB 1104), revising capital case procedures for defendants with intellectual disabilities (HB 1107, amended), allowing Citizens Property Insurance to direct certain emergency assessment funds to the Fortify Homes Program (HB 1187), updating medical board membership and vacancy procedures (HB 1220), and several others. Some bills were returned to the calendar or held over, including HB 804, HB 926, HB 955, HB 1069, HB 1203, and HB 1217. The chamber also revisited a previously failed airport surveillance bill, HB 730, and used a successful motion to suspend the rules to reconsider it, as well as a motion to reconsider HB 225 after it had failed twice. The Speaker explained the two-thirds threshold for suspending the rules, and after debate on procedure, the House adopted the motion to suspend the rules and then the motion to reconsider, setting HB 225 up for further action the following Tuesday. Throughout the session, many bills were adopted with little or no opposition, while a few drew questions about scope, costs, or policy effects before passing by recorded vote.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 37 of our budget bill, on lines 1, 6, 7, 12, and 14, we're clear about elective abortions and not ones
  • <00:37:20.880> um<00:37:21.040> to the word elective before abortion. um to the word
  • elective before abortion. um to make<00:37:21.839> sure<00:37:22.079> that<00:37:22.480
  • I'm not dependent on the government as an exception.
  • I don't think it it as as an exception.
Keywords: 916, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/10/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • broad definition of a religious activity, which means that people who are protesting outside of abortion
  • clinics, or maybe they're just simply praying a rosary outside an abortion clinic, if there is some
  • the scene, there could be an argument made that someone's simply saying, please go away from this abortion
  • It puts abortion patients under greater danger of harassment and violence because—thank you.
  • Abortion patients are put under greater danger of harassment and violence because, unlike the federal
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recorded attendance, welcomed former Senator Limpancrazi, and recognized page Owen Washburn and his family. The chamber then moved through messages and second-reading listings, and the Committee of the Whole considered several House bills. HB 2398, dealing with watercraft operation and peer-to-peer watercraft sharing insurance, received a floor amendment clarifying the types of insurers that may provide primary commercial boat liability coverage and was reported do pass as amended. HB 2477, relating to the Arizona Education Savings Plan, was amended to add investment guardrails, conflict-of-interest protections, an advisory team, limits on land investments, and statutory treatment of the local government investment pool, then reported do pass as amended. The Committee of the Whole also considered HB 2251 on midwifery, which was amended to transfer oversight of licensed midwives from the Department of Health Services to the Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board, add a licensed midwife to the board, separate midwife and naturopathic funds, apply investigative and disciplinary procedures, and make conforming changes; it was reported do pass as amended. HB 2991, concerning minors’ access to technology content and social media, drew extensive debate. A floor amendment revised age-signal and parental-consent procedures, changed default settings language, removed a private right of action, and made other technical changes. Senators Tise, Epstein, and others argued the bill still raised serious First Amendment and censorship concerns, while Senator Bullock defended it as a child-safety measure that did not require uploading ID. The bill was ultimately reported do pass as amended. In third reading, the Senate adopted the Committee of the Whole report, retained HB 2397 on the calendar, and voted on several bills. HB 2104, HB 2105, HB 2763, HB 2786, HB 2771, HB 2782, and HB 4117 passed; HB 2457, HB 2494, and HB 2696 failed. HB 2457 and HB 2494 drew opposition over local control and land-use concerns, while HB 2696, aimed at fuel and gas prices, drew criticism that the Commerce Authority was not the right vehicle and that the issue was driven by federal policy. HB 4117, relating to offenses against public order and religious services, passed after sharp debate over whether it would protect worship or chill protest and free speech, with opponents warning of vague language and potential political prosecutions. The Senate also voted to reconsider its prior action on HB 2311 and HB 2601, requested the House return HB 2995 for reconsideration, and adjourned until Thursday, June 11, at 10:00 a.m.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/20/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2365, abortion. Judiciary: HB 2368, safe haven services. HB 2370, fire protection.
  • Artificial intelligence and innovation: HB 2411, coerced abortion.
  • HB 2525, of abortion. HB 2530, abortions. HB 2534, rail legislation infrastructure.
  • Public Safety and Law Enforcement: HB 2653, abortion and retail.
Keywords: 1182, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HHS Public Hearing 01-30-2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Allowing abortion drugs to be dispensed without standard identifying information raises real concerns
  • > than abortion medications differently than abortion medications differently than any<00:12:34.560
  • Abortion care access is a labor rights issue, plain and simple.
  • Abortion<00:16:23.279> care<00:16:23.680> access<00:16:24.240> is<00:16:24.560><
  • Abortion care access is a labor rights issue,<00:16:26.480> plain<00:16:26.720> and<00
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The HHS committee met in Room 224 and announced the hearing was being streamed live, with a one-minute limit on testimony. The chair explained that written testimony had already been reviewed and that speakers should either add new comments or stand on their written testimony. The committee first heard SB 2211, an emergency appropriation to the Department of Human Services. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including DHS, Aloha United Way, the Hawaii Food Industry Association, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Catholic Charities, and many individuals. Supporters emphasized the importance of maintaining SNAP-related food assistance and emergency food delivery, while Catholic Charities raised a question about whether the bill’s language would also reach food banks serving food-insecure households that are not on SNAP. No opposition was heard and the bill was moved on without questions from members. The committee then heard SB 2025, which would exempt actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses from jury duty. Testimony was broadly supportive from nursing and health organizations, including the Hawaii American Nurses Association, the Hawaii affiliate of the College of Nurse Midwives, the Hawaii State Board of Nursing, and others. One witness from Kaiser Permanente requested an amendment to include physician assistants, and a committee member asked the Board of Nursing to review that request. The bill otherwise drew no opposition and no further member questions. SB 2038, relating to medication labeling, drew the most extended discussion. The measure would change labeling requirements for certain abortion medications, and testimony was split between supporters who framed it as a privacy and access issue and opponents who raised patient safety, ethics, and transparency concerns. The Department of Health supported the intent but requested an amendment to allow quicker access to private information during investigations without a subpoena. The Board of Pharmacy said it supported the written comments but noted operational challenges and possible cost impacts, while Kaiser said compliance would likely require manual workarounds and could slow pharmacy processes. The chair and members questioned whether patients could simply remove labels themselves, but witnesses said there could still be safety and access issues if the patient is not the one receiving the prescription. The committee then moved on to SB 2050, relating to chiropractic, which received support from the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, with no substantive opposition noted. The hearing later turned to SB 201, relating to insurance, which appeared to be a new mandated-benefit measure tied to infertility/IVF coverage. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission provided comments, while Hawaii Family Forum opposed the bill, arguing it went beyond medical infertility and raised ethical and public policy concerns. Kaiser and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans both asked for a study or audit, saying the measure could create new insurance mandates and increase costs for residents and employers. Private Work Hawaii strongly supported the bill as an equity issue. The committee noted there was no quorum for decision-making and deferred action on the measure to a later hearing, then recessed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislation further protecting unborn children and their mothers from the harm of abortion, legislation
  • HB Number 80 by TOT relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing
  • HB number 82 by Kane relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • would... miscarriage, but it would be confirmed by the health care professional that it was not an abortion
  • I heard you throw in the comment about verification regarding abortion or something.
  • because I said that because you got some folks, some extreme groups, who might say, "Oh, that's an abortion
  • ..." that some extreme groups might say, "Oh, that's an abortion," you know?
  • miscarriage, and also that it would be verified by a health care professional that it was not an abortion
Bills: SB175, SB195, SB196, SB199
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislation further protecting unborn children and their mothers from the harm of abortion.
  • No. 80 by Toth, relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing
  • funds for lobbying and certain other activities, referred to the Committee on State Affairs. to abortion
  • , including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, making conforming changes, and
Keywords: 997, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • /c><01:06:34.240> the for a degree requirement with the for a degree requirement with the exception
  • things<01:06:35.279> like<01:06:35.720> nurses<01:06:36.599> social exception
  • of things like nurses social exception of things like nurses social workers<01:06:37.960> Architects
  • Democrats said, “My body, my choice” regarding abortion rights.
  • Just as the H High amendment protects our federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions, we should
Keywords: 910, house, all