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Amid chanting and protests, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law tough new abortion restrictions for the state. So what's next?Carrie Williams, the director of media relations for the Texas Department of State Health Services, says they don't have a plan in place just yet.She says, Now that the law is signed, we have a lot of steps that need to happen, we're going to be taking a look at it from a legal aspect, we're going to be taking public comment, we have to have rules in place by January 1, which is a compressed time frame for us.But she says they are evaluating the statute and have started drafting rules.But before those rules are approved, they must take public comment.We do very much care about what the public thinks and we do want input from our stake holders and our community, says Williams.Under the new law, abortion clinics have until September 2014 to comply with the surgical-center standards.Abortion rights advocates say the new law would require costly renovations and force a majority of the states clinics to shut down.Pro-Choice advocate Rockie Gonzalez says, Those clinics really are people's primary resource for healthcare and women who are poorer and do decide that they want to give birth, they lose access to Planned Parenthood and clinics like that.By Lydia Pantazes
