By: Mariana Alfaro
Forty-four years after the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, a large crowd of anti-abortion demonstrators who would like to see it overturned gathered Saturday at the Texas Capitol.
By: Marissa Evans
Joe Pojman, executive director for the Texas Alliance for Life, an anti-abortion group, said reproductive rights groups were “crying wolf” about the potential impacts on women. He said the costs would likely be minimal and partly why his group was suggesting abortion providers absorb the cost out of compassion for patients. He said the proposed rule was not about families being forced to have funerals.
“We’re talking about the difference between a landfill or cemetery for the final disposition of ashes,” Pojman said.
By: Alexa Ura
During the hearing, Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, suggested that abortion providers should absorb any “nominal increase” in costs associated with the cremation or burial rule as some funeral homes and cemeteries do in cases of miscarriages.
By: Aneri Pattani
Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, said he’d like to see information added to clarify that it is illegal to coerce any women, including victims of sex trafficking, into getting an abortion.
By: Edgar Walters
Pojman said his group would continue promoting “compassionate alternatives to abortion,” including asking lawmakers for more state funding for “pro-life pregnancy resource centers centers” that provide parenting information to low-income women. He said his group was also pushing for a “wrongful birth” law that would prevent parents from suing a doctor who fails to warn them about fetal problems. Abortion rights activists have opposed similar proposals, which they say give doctors the right to withhold information so women don’t have abortions.
By: John Reynolds
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is the featured speaker at the Texas Alliance for Life’s quarterly Leadership Circle luncheon in Austin.