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In March 2015, Krause introduced legislation known as the Unborn Child Due Process Act, which would clarify a legal provision in the Texas Advance Directives Act that forbids anyone from withholding or withdrawing treatment from a pregnant patient. The bill would permit the state to appoint an ad litem to represent the interest of the unborn child in situations where life-sustaining treatment of a pregnant patient is in jeopardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lsp-rep_-krause-unborn-child-due-process-act-032215_Dallas-Fort-Worth-297067101.html|title=Lone Star Politics: Unborn Child Due Process Act|publisher=[[NBC]] in Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

In March 2015, Krause introduced legislation known as the Unborn Child Due Process Act, which would clarify a legal provision in the Texas Advance Directives Act that forbids anyone from withholding or withdrawing treatment from a pregnant patient. The bill would permit the state to appoint an ad litem to represent the interest of the unborn child in situations where life-sustaining treatment of a pregnant patient is in jeopardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lsp-rep_-krause-unborn-child-due-process-act-032215_Dallas-Fort-Worth-297067101.html|title=Lone Star Politics: Unborn Child Due Process Act|publisher=[[NBC]] in Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

==Legislative positions==​

==Legislative positions==

 

A [[pro-life]] legislator, Krause supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers,<ref name=votingrecords/> a law that the opponents claim could shut down many abortion clinics. These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the Texas State Senate by the Republican-turned-Democrat Wendy Russell of Fort Worth, who in 2014 as her party's nominee for [[governor]] was handily defeated by Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=M. Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 26, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Krause 87 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>​

A [[pro-life]] legislator, Krause supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers,<ref name=votingrecords/> a law that the opponents claim could shut down many abortion clinics. These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the Texas State Senate by the Republican-turned-Democrat Wendy Russell of Fort Worth, who in 2014 as her party's nominee for [[governor]] was handily defeated by Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=M. Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 26, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Krause 87 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>​

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