AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas state representative has been trying to pass a law preventing organizations that promote and perform abortions – like Planned Parenthood – from administering sex education classes in public schools.

State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, sponsored one bill with that language that did not become law. He sponsored a second bill that’s currently winding its way through the legislative process.

Now Leach has found another way to address the issue – by attempting to cut off state funding for abortion groups that are contracted by schools to provide sex education.

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Leach introduced an amendment that would prohibit such funding during recent budget deliberations in the state House. The amendment passed, and will now go forward to the state Senate.

If the Senate approves a budget with the amendment intact, it would go to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott, who has line-item power to sign the state budget after removing various provisions.

Leach notes that the governor is pro-life and believes he would be likely to approve the amendment.

The new state budget would be in effect for fiscal 2016-17.

“I have not spoken to the governor’s office but I look forward to him signing it,” Leach told EAGnews.

Leach said the majority of Texas schools do not hire abortion agencies to teach sex education.

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But he said some schools do, creating an obvious conflict of interest. Agencies like Planned Parenthood make money from abortions, and Leach doesn’t believe students should be targeted for promotion of that service.

“In any setting, if a business wants to grow, the idea is for them to expand their audience,” Leach said. “They try to figure out where to establish relationships (with potential clients). We want to limit their ability to do that in public schools.

“Schools should not be a marketplace for abortion providers.”

Leach said he’s heard from parents around the state who are concerned about the issue.

“Once we filed the first bill we heard from many parents who have told us to address this,” he said. “We’ve been looking at different strategies to attack the problem. In the budget debate we found an opening, so we took it.”