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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=June 21, 2020; material no longer accessible on-line}}</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=June 21, 2020; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>
In 2017, as he began his third term in the House, Krause proposed legislation to remove "insupportability" as one of the grounds for [[divorce]] in Texas. Krause blamed the prevalence of no-fault divorces for the breakdown of the family structure. "I don’t know if we don’t take our vows as seriously as we used to, but I think getting rid of the no-fault divorce piece of this may make folks concentrate on this a little harder before they enter into that relationship, or stick it out to where they can restore that relationship and the tough times in marriage,” Krause told ''The Houston Chronicle'' in December 2016. All fifty states offer no-fault divorce of some kind. In Texas “insupportability" is the principal grounds used.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baptistnews.com/article/baptist-lawmaker-seeks-end-to-no-fault-divorce/#.X33r9PZFyHs|title=Baptist lawmaker seeks end to no-fault divorce|publisher=Baptistnews.com|author=Bob Allen|date=January 13, 2017|accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref>
==Legislative positions==
==Legislative positions==
In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Krause 100 percent favorable; the Young Conservatives of Texas, 95 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 50 percent; a similar group, Environment Texas, rated him 37 percent. The interest group Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated him 100 percent. The Texas Association of Business scored Krause 73 percent. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated him 92 percent, based on candidate statements in 2012.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/117467/matt-krause#.UykCLctOUfg|title=Matt Krause's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 21, 2020}}</ref>
In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Krause 100 percent favorable; the Young Conservatives of Texas, 95 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 50 percent; a similar group, Environment Texas, rated him 37 percent. The interest group Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated him 100 percent. The Texas Association of Business scored Krause 73 percent. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated him 92 percent, based on candidate statements in 2012.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/117467/matt-krause#.UykCLctOUfg|title=Matt Krause's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 21, 2020}}</ref>
==Presidential endorsement==
==Endorsements==
In the 2016 Republican presidential primary, Krause supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]], who subsequently lost to [[Donald Trump]], whom Krause has since supported. Krause endorsed conservative [[David Watts]] in the District 7 House race in 2016. Watts in 2014 had unsuccessfully opposed [[George P. Bush]] for the position of Texas General Land Office Commissioner.
In the 2016 Republican presidential primary, Krause supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]], who subsequently lost to [[Donald Trump]], whom Krause has since supported. Krause endorsed conservative [[David Watts]] in the District 7 House race in East Texas in 2016. In 2014, Watts had unsuccessfully opposed [[George P. Bush]] for the position of commissioner of the Texas General Land Officer.
==References==
==References==