Perry: Texas will pass abortion legislation

Texas Gov. Rick Perry predicted on Sunday the abortion legislation State Sen. Wendy Davis blocked last month will pass when considered again by the Legislature.

"In Texas, we're going to support protecting life. We're going to stand up and say that after 20 weeks, we are not going to allow abortion in our state. We're going to make sure that these health clinics are safe -- that they are under the safety standards that any other surgical facility would be under and that doctors have admitting procedure practices in place so that they can look after someone if that procedure goes bad," the Republican governor said on "Fox News Sunday."

"Those are common sense approaches," he said. "Ten other states have that as well, so this is going to pass. And, you know - I'm pretty good at counting votes and I think the support is overwhelmingly there in the [state] House and the [state] Senate, and we will get this done and get Texas back focused on the economic interests that are going on and creating jobs and leading the nation in job creation."

Last month, Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis filibustered the bill.