For most Texans, abortion access unchanged after legislative session | The Dallas Morning News

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By: Emily Brindley

With a year and a half until the next legislative session, there are also non-legislative campaigns that could move the needle on Texans’ abortion access.

Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, said his focus for now is on the enforcement of Texas’ existing law. Pojman said he’ll be watching for the implementation of continuing education training under the abortion clarification bill. He also wants to see district attorneys take more enforcement action against doctors and others who provide abortion care or access.

Pojman, like Seago, is opposed to medication abortion. But he thinks the solution is the enforcement of existing law rather than additional legislation.

“We do have a problem with drugs being brought illegally into Texas for chemical abortions,” Pojman said. “I’d like to see more aggressive activity by district attorneys to prosecute those crimes.”

Texas Senate approves proposal for ‘Life Monument’ at state Capitol | FOX 7

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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.

War on Women Report: Trump Slashes Sexual Violence Prevention; GOP Targets Teens’ Repro Rights; Nebraska Abortion Funeral Bill Threatens Miscarriage Care | Ms. Magazine

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By: Ava Slocum and Cat Ross

New legislation from Florida and Texas is making it harder than ever for teenagers to access reproductive healthcare.

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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.”