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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Pooja Salhotra

Leading anti-abortion group drops support of Texas lawmaker after he pledges to support exceptions for rape

State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, speaks at a panel moderated by Tribune political reporter James Barragán at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 23, 2022.
State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, speaks at a panel Friday at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. Nichols said he would support a bill to change the state’s abortion laws to include an exception for rape. (Credit: Azul Sordo/The Texas Tribune)

A leading statewide anti-abortion group suspended its endorsement of state Sen. Robert Nichols this week after the Republican leader from Jacksonville said he’d support a loosening of Texas’ abortion ban.

Nichols, who is up for reelection in November, said Friday during the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival that he’d vote in favor of an exception to Texas’ abortion prohibition in cases of rape.

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