AUSTIN, Texas — Resolutions honoring those who made strides in Texas politics that would normally pass without incident was shot down due to the name of one person.

Texas House Resolution 236, introduced by state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, would honor Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, who died on Jan. 20.

House memorials are typically non-controversial as it is just a list of names read aloud and a gavel strike. But Thursday, Republicans successfully blocked the memoriam after debating if it was appropriate on Easter weekend “to honor people who have killed millions of unborn babies?”

Those comments referred to Richards' time with Planned Parenthood, which still operates clinics that perform legal abortions in other states as well as other women’s health services, but the objections focused solely on abortion.

The resolution sat on a list of bills set to be approved with one single vote, which is customary for memorial resolutions to be bundled together. Included in the memorial resolutions was the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, former Austin Mayor Carole Keeton and former Texas Secretary of State George William Strake and 16 others.

After a lengthy debate, the memorial calender was pulled and sent back to the House Calendars Committee for reconsideration. It is unclear if Richards’ name will reappear on the memorial calander when it is reintroduced.

The younger Richards sat at the top of Planned Parenthood for 12 years up until 2018. She died at 67 due to a battle with brain cancer.