Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill that bans insurers from covering abortions, obligating women to pay a separate premium if they want coverage for the procedure when it is performed outside of medical emergencies.

The bill does not contain an exemption for fetal abnormality or for women who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest.

Lawmakers who supported the bill said people shouldn't be forced to subsidize abortions through their private health insurance plans. Opponents, largely Democrats, countered during debate on the bill that women do not anticipate needing an abortion, particularly in cases of sexual assault. The plan, they said, would require women to buy "rape insurance." The legislature debated the limits on insurance coverage during the regular session that ended in May, but Abbott, a Republican, called a special session to revive the bill. A statement on his website called the bill "an important piece of the governor's pro-life agenda."

Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah have similar laws. Indiana and Utah are the only states that make exemptions for incest and rape. In Oregon and California, insurers are required to cover abortions.

A study published in March from the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, found about 60 percent of patients with private health insurance pay out of pocket for an abortion, either because deductibles are high or because their plan doesn't cover it. Many women who have abortions are low-income and do not have private coverage.

Abbott on Tuesday also signed into law a second abortion-related bill that increased reporting requirements on abortion-related complications for facilities and doctors who provide abortions.

The laws follow similar abortion restrictions that Texas officials have passed. In 2013, the legislature passed a slew of abortion restrictions on facilities that mandated they set up their services in a similar way to an ambulatory care center, which included specifics on how wide hallways and doorways should be. The Supreme Court struck down the requirement in 2016, saying the state had not demonstrated the requirements were needed and the restrictions created an "undue burden" on women seeking to obtain an abortion.