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: Taylor Goldenstein
Anti-abortion groups in Texas have long held that the Texas abortion ban is clear as it is, and it’s misinformed doctors who don’t understand the law that are the problem. (In line with that sentiment at the time, Hughes penned an editorial in the Houston Chronicle titled, “I wrote Texas’ abortion law. It’s plenty clear about medical emergencies.”)
But Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, said by making small tweaks that make the law more consistent across codes, a little can go a long way toward making it easier for doctors and lawyers to interpret it.
By: Julian Gill
Amy O’Donnell, a spokesperson for the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, said the campaign “does a wonderful job of providing both stories and facts to let Texans know what is involved in the adoption process.”
By: Taylor Goldenstein
“I think they see that the laws that we have are working as the Legislature intended,” said Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life. “The laws are saving babies and saving women’s lives.”
By: Taylor GoldensteiN
“Every child is uniquely precious and should continue to be protected in law no matter how long or short the baby’s life may be,” Texas Right to Life said in a statement.
Deirdre Cooper, a policy analyst with another anti-abortion group, Texas Alliance for Life, said terminating a pregnancy because of fatal abnormalities amounts to “discrimination.”
“Once given a fatal diagnosis, parents are now on a unique journey of preparing for the death of a beloved child,” said Cooper, who chose to birth a child with the same condition as Cox’s. “But abortion robs that child of the chance at life, no matter how short.”
By: Taylor Goldenstein , Austin Bureau
Anti-abortion groups have defended the laws as written, saying they provide enough information to guide emergency decisions in the delivery room.
“If it’s a true health emergency that warrants a medical emergency exception, I believe any physician would be able to clearly ascertain what would fall under that exception,” Amy O’Donnell, spokeswoman for the Texas Alliance for Life, told Hearst Newspapers this spring .