Penalties, Protections for Abortive Mothers at Center of Pro-Life Platform Debate at Texas GOP Convention | The Texan

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By: Mary Elise O'Bar

Alliance for Life holds that women should not be punished for receiving abortions, and argues that if women who are forced abort their babies are placed in a position where they could face criminal penalties, they won’t be able to come forward to share their abuse, whether it be coercion by people in their lives or medical malpractice by abortionists.

“Texas Alliance for Life is in favor of putting abortion providers accountable, not punishing women for abortion,” Amy O’Donnell, Executive Director of Alliance for Life, said in an interview with The Texan on Thursday.

“We also have to remember that for almost 50 years, [Roe v. Wade] was the law of the land, and people were told that they had a constitutional right to abortion and abortion is healthcare, and we had to work incrementally to save lives,” she continued.

Pro-Life Group Files Petition to Stop San Antonio’s ‘Justice Policy’ Charter Amendment Election | THE TEXAN

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By: KIM ROBERTS

The Texas Local Government Code provides, “An amendment may not contain more than one subject.”

In its petition, Texas Alliance for Life acknowledges that courts have allowed cities to hold elections on proposals that make multiple amendments to a city charter, but note that all were dealing with a single subject.

However, in this case, the subject matters vary from marijuana possession to abortion crimes so that residents who may agree with one issue could disagree on another, but would be forced to cast only one vote for or against the entire proposal.

In its reply brief, the city made a procedural argument that the petition should have first been presented to an appellate court before coming to the Texas Supreme Court.

Regarding multiple subjects in the charter amendment, the city argued that it “plausibly read the proposed ‘Justice Policy’ charter amendment language as relating to one subject.”

It also asserted that petitioners Texas Alliance for Life and Morris are premature in their challenge, and instead should challenge the amendment after the election should it be approved by voters.

New Braunfels Texas House Debate Centers on School Choice, Property Taxes, Democratic Committee Chairs | The Texan

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By: BRAD JOHNSON

For anti-abortion activists, this time constraint is a big step in the right direction.

“Our goal is to create a society where no woman would even consider having an abortion because she believes there is no alternative. We have vast alternatives,” said Joe Pojman, Founder of Texas Alliance for Life.

Instead of seeking an abortion, Pojman wants pregnant women to visit the nearly 200 crisis pregnancy centers in Texas, where he says they can find support.

Abortions Postponed Under Governor Abbott’s Executive Order | The Texan

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By: Daniel Friend

Texas Alliance for Life also noted the order on social media, asking anyone aware of violations of the order to send documentation to them.

Following Abbott’s executive order, it remained unclear if abortions would need to be postponed, given the exemption in the order for non-essential procedures provided that they “would not deplete the hospital capacity or the personal protective equipment needed to cope with the COVID-19 disaster.”