By: Sylvan Lane
Two Texas anti-abortion groups–Texans for Life and Texas Alliance for Life–oppose a shutdown over Planned Parenthood, and Republican leadership argues time is better spent investigating and exposing the the women’s health organization while redirecting its funding.
By: Sylvan Lane
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas invited Ronda Kay Moreland, a Catholic anti-abortion activist from his district, and Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, will bring Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, an anti-abortion nonprofit.
By: Christine Ayala
Pojman said by prioritizing funding to providers who can also offer primary care, women’s health service may have actually improved.
By: BRITTNEY MARTIN
In an earlier draft of the bill, minors were to assume that the bypass was not granted if a judge did not rule in time. The language drew criticism from Joe Pojman, executive director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, who said the automatic denial would lead to court challenges.
By: BRITTNEY MARTIN
Joe Pojman, the executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, said he champions the bill as a whole but fears the default denial provision will invite a legal challenge.
“It really is a question of whether this has any benefit that outweighs the risk of a constitutional challenge in federal court,” Pojman said. “And we just do not think it does.”