By: Meredith Aldis
“Lives are at stake in this conversation,” Texas Alliance for Life Amy O’Donnell said.
“It’s tragic that people are crusading around in this bus advocating about taking unborn babies’ lives and in so doing, misrepresenting our law, misrepresenting the poor medical care that some of them received and trying to blame it on our laws,” O’Donnell said.
By: Meredith Aldis
“There are clear exceptions for women in Texas,” Texas Alliance for Life Amy O’Donnell said.
By: Meredith Aldis
“There are clear exceptions for women in Texas,” Texas Alliance for Life Amy O’Donnell said.
By: Tan Radford
“We have so much to celebrate,” Dr. Ingrid Skop, vice president and director of medical affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, said from the podium. “It is estimated that approximately 10,000 babies are alive in Texas today who would not be if the state of Texas had not chosen to support unborn life.”
By: Meredith Aldis
Statistics show the year before Roe v. Wade was overturned, more than 50,000 abortions were performed legally in Texas. After the decision, 44 were performed due to medical emergency.
“Protection for unborn babies should continue. This includes babies with a disability or fatal diagnosis in utero,” Texas Alliance for Life Amy O’Donnell said.
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The lawsuit is asking the court to clarify Texas’ abortion laws, alleging the vague language leaves doctors unable or unwilling to administer abortion care, forcing patients to seek treatment out of state or wait until their lives are in danger.
“While there are technically medical exceptions to the bans, no one knows what it means and the state won’t tell us,” Center for Reproductive Rights Molly Duane said.
By: John Krinjak
“And the bottom line is life won. The body within a woman’s body is not that woman’s body,” said Amy O’Donnell of the Texas Alliance for Life.
“Things are not black and white. There’s gray area to everything, and they’re hurting real people with this law, whether that was intended or not,” said Taylor.