A 16-year-old Texan who is terminally ill with cancer has revealed his dying wish - for abortion to be outlawed across the state.

Jeremiah Thomas, from Waco, urged Governor Greg Abbot in a phone call last week to make abortion illegal 'like murder', to which the pro-life Republican replied that he intended to do just that.

Abbot said he would do his best to grant Jeremiah's wish by pursuing a bill to outlaw abortion in the next legislative session, to which the boy's face lit up as he said: 'I would love for that to be what I'm remembered by'.

Jeremiah Thomas, from Waco, was given a phone call with Texas Governor Greg Abbot on Wednesday to reveal his dying wish. He said this was to make abortion illegal 'like murder'. His face lit up (right) when the governor said he would try to achieve this

Jeremiah was diagnosed with a form of aggressive bone cancer called Osteoblastic osteosarcoma ten weeks ago, reported Central Texas News Now.

His father, Rusty, posted about his son's rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, which caused him to suffer a collapsed lung and become paralyzed.

Jeremiah is a fervent pro-life campaigner and had repeatedly made clear he wanted an end to abortion.

Governor Scott's wife, Cecilia, contacted Jeremiah on Facebook to send 'prayers and hugs', according to Rusty.

This led to Wednesday’s phone call, during which Jeremiah was allowed to tell the governor his final wish.

'For my wish I wanted to speak to you and discuss a bill of abolition,' he told Governor Scott in a video of the call posted on Facebook.

Governor Scott (pictured at the NRA annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, on May 4) said he was advancing a bill to repeal abortion in the next legislative session

'A recent poll showed that 68 percent of Texans want abortion abolished so I am sure you would be representing the demands of Texans if you passed this bill.

'I want you to treat abortion as an act of murder and it should be punished as such.'

Scott replied: 'We just had the state Republican Party convention and the one of the most important things that happens there is the party creates a platform of policy positions and your wish is on there.

'We are going to pursue the outlawing of abortion altogether in the state of Texas so your wish had been answered.'

Rusty, who is national director of pro-life groups Operation Rescue and Operation Save America, said he was proud of his son's dying act.

'To have that come out of our son's heart, it's a very selfless act,' he said.

'I could really see that this was not just my wish, but the wish of thousands, and thousands of Christians and abolitionists and pro-lifers from all around.'

Jeremiah will leave hospital for the final time on Wednesday.

'This is going home and either he's going home and God's going to heal him, or he's going home to be with him,' his father said.