The proposed clauses would add fetuses to the list of Missouri residents who have a "natural right to life" and abolish a pregnant person's right to abortion care.
Providers throughout the country have told Rewire that a document produced by Life Dynamics has been used to deceive and intimidate both patients and providers by threatening them with legal action should they go through with obtaining or providing an abortion.
The Roberts Court last week heard oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell. The justices appeared evenly divided on whether the accommodation process violated plaintiffs' religious freedom rights.
Cruz's council would also seek to eliminate the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit, which may have helped drive down rates of abortion and unintended pregnancies in the United States.
Some Republican legislators with anti-choice voting records opposed the omnibus anti-abortion bill, but Pence signed it on the last day he could approve or reject legislation this year.
This week on the campaign trail, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz spoke about whom they would nominate for the vacant Supreme Court seat, and Trump saw his favorability plummet among women.