By: Emily Brindley
Anti-abortion groups such as Texas Right to Life and Texas Alliance for Life have voiced approval, alongside physician groups such as the Texas Hospital Association and the Texas Medical Association.
By: Steven Ardary
Ashley Sosa, from Texas Alliance for Life, said in an April committee meeting that the statue was already finished and ready for installation.
“One day I hope to have kids of my own and walk through the Capitol grounds showing them a monument that beautifully honors the love, sacrifice and sacred bond between a mother and her child,” Sosa said.
By: Jeremy Wallace
While the statue will be placed on public property, it will not be funded with public money. Ashley Sosa, of the Texas Alliance for Life, told a committee in the state Senate last month that it is being fully funded through private donors.
By: Olivia Aldridge
The bill garnered broad, bipartisan support, with endorsements from doctors, medical groups and prominent anti-abortion groups, including the Texas Alliance for Life.
By: Ava Slocum and Cat Ross
New legislation from Florida and Texas is making it harder than ever for teenagers to access reproductive healthcare.
Texas
At the beginning of April, Texas Republicans introduced SB 2352, a bill targeting anyone who helps a teenager obtain an out-of-state abortion. (Texas is one of 12 states with total abortion bans.) SB 2352 would make it a second-degree felony to help anyone under the age of 18 travel out of state for an abortion, whether by transporting the minor or funding their travel (such as by giving them money for gas).
Amy O’Donnell from antiabortion organization Texas Alliance for Life said the bill “is really just about protecting children.” However, Lucie Aravallo from the nonprofit Jane’s Due Process—which provides financial support and travel assistance to Texas teens (17 or younger) for abortion in states where it is legal—said the bill effectively takes community support away from teenagers: “Especially for young people that are in unsafe family systems, are in juvenile detention or in the current foster care system, this bill will currently limit any ability that they have to access abortion care, even out of state. We cannot believe that, with all of the problems the state is facing, that they are choosing to make it even harder for young people to access necessary care.”
By: Steven Ardary
“Since 2021, abortions in Texas have essentially ceased. As a Christian and a conservative, I celebrate that tens of thousands of tiny Texans have been saved and that Texas has led the way in protecting life nationwide,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said after the bill’s passage. “SB 31, which is only designed to provide legal clarity for doctors in rare cases when a mother’s life is threatened, is supported by Texas Right to Life, Texas Alliance for Life, and other life groups. I thank Sen. Hughes for his continued passionate defense of life.”