Texas lawmakers ditch discussion on controversial bill that would make abortion murder | KUT NEWS

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By: Blaise Gainey

But HB 2197 saw recent pushback from even the state’s strongest supporters of abortion restrictions. Texas Alliance for Life — which describes itself as a “pro-life organization whose goals are to protect innocent human life from conception through natural death” — is one of them.

On Monday, the group’s X account posted a “legislative alert” advising followers to “oppose HB 2197, a bill to criminalize abortion for women— including the death penalty.”

Ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled committee hearing on the bill, Texas Alliance for Life called on individuals to submit written testimony urging lawmakers to reject the bill, which it said would “deter women from seeking help & make it harder to stop illegal abortion providers.”

Senate panel OKs revised version of abortion ban clarification bill. Here’s what changed. | Austin American Statesman

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By: Bayliss Wagner

SB 31’s GOP sponsors and major anti-abortion groups, such as Texas Alliance for Life and Texas Right to Life, supported the introduced versions of the bill, which said patients must face risk of death or “substantial loss of a major bodily function” but did not require that a “life-threatening condition” cause these risks, unlike current law. However, some Republicans in the Texas House objected.
“I think a lot of the pro-life community are worried that when you start making exceptions, they’ll become checkboxes to get around and get right back to elective abortion on demand,” state Rep. Mike Schofield, R-Katy, said during a House Public Health Committee hearing on HB 44 on April 7.

Texas lawmakers try to clear up abortion law but risk reigniting centuries-old restrictions | NBC KCEN TV

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By: Daniel Perreault

During a hearing in the House Public Health Committee on Monday, Democratic state lawmakers grilled anti-abortion groups.

“You don’t think this bill through, this clarification would change anything currently under the law otherwise that could restrict that,” State Rep. John Bucy (D-Austin) asked Texas Alliance for Life Director Joe Pojman, who responded, “No, sir, absolutely not.”