By: Alexa Ura
“We regret that the FDA appears to be increasing the risk to the health and safety of women undergoing drug-induced abortions in their attempt to make those abortions cheaper and easier for abortion facilities to provide,” said Joe Pojman, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life. “The FDA’s actions move Texas backward, not forward.”
By: Johnathan Silver
Both Landtroop and Frullo have secured high-profile endorsements. Frullo’s supporters include the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas, the Texas Alliance for Life and the political action committees for Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the National Rifle Association. Landtroop’s supporters include Young Conservatives of Texas, Empower Texans and the Texas Right to Life PAC.
By: Julián Aguilar
Cook has been called a “champion” of the movement by Texas Alliance for Life after helping advance a bill requiring sonograms before abortion through his committee in 2011. He also supported 2013’s House Bill 2, which prevented most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to hospitals within 30 miles.
By: Edgar Walters
Shine, on the other hand, carries the endorsement of rival anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life. Joe Pojman, the group’s executive director, said he endorsed Shine because of his anti-abortion record as a lawmaker in the 1980s, including his work on legislation that banned “late-term” abortions.
By: Joe Pojman
By: Patrick Svitek
“Texas Alliance for Life is not asking for a government shutdown over the issue of defunding Planned Parenthood,” executive director Joe Pojman said in a statement. “Better options exist for achieving success.”