By: Erika L. Sanchez
Anti-abortion groups such as the Texas Alliance for Life dispute the report’s findings. Joe Pojman told Bloomberg News that abortion rights supporters “are milking this issue and they’ve painted a very distorted picture of the situation facing low-income women.” He added that “there are more family-planning dollars available than in any time in the recent past.”
By: David Mildenberg
Abortion-rights supporters “are milking this issue and they’ve painted a very distorted picture of the situation facing low-income women,” said Joe Pojman, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life, which opposes abortion. “There are more family-planning dollars available than in any time in the recent past.”
By: David Mildenberg, Andrew Harris and Laurel Brubaker Calkins
Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, which opposes abortion, praised the ruling because he said it will lead to safer clinics.
Texas Governor Perry said the decision affirms the state’s right to protect fetuses and the health of the women.
“We will continue doing everything we can to protect a culture of life in our state,” he said in a statement.
By: CHRIS TOMLINSON and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
The Supreme Court prohibits legislatures from banning most abortions, acknowledged Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life. But, he said in a statement, “states should have the right to protect women from dangerous abortion procedures.”