By: Marin Wolf
“We are thrilled to see the Supreme Court of Texas allow legal protections from elective abortions for unborn babies to continue while acknowledging that doctors can perform abortions to save women’s lives,” O’Donnell said. “This is just what our Texas Legislature intended.”
By: Cassy Fiano-Chesser
The Texas Alliance for Life celebrated as well. “We are ecstatic that the Texas Supreme Court has allowed legal protections from elective abortions for unborn babies to continue while acknowledging that doctors can perform abortions to save women’s lives,” Amy O’Donnell, Texas Alliance for Life’s Communications Director, said in an e-mailed press release. “The law can continue to save babies’ lives and, in rare and tragic cases, save women’s lives, just as the Legislature intended.”
By: Hannah Norton
“It’s important to note, as you consider this important issue, that Texas abortion laws are currently saving unborn babies and pregnant women’s lives,” said Amy O’Donnell, the communications director for antiabortion organization Texas Alliance for Life.
By: Brooke Kushwaha
Amy O’Donnell, the communications director at the Texas Alliance for Life, asked to broaden the language to permit abortions in case of “medical necessity,” not just “emergency.”
By: ELEANOR KLIBANOFF
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Cox did not qualify for an abortion, even as it clarified in that ruling that a medical emergency need not be imminent to justify performing the procedure. Several groups, including the anti-abortion Texas Alliance for Life, called on the board to add this language to the guidance, which Zaafran said they would consider.
By: Olivia Aldridge, KUT
Representatives from anti-abortion groups including the Texas Alliance for Life also commented, primarily taking the stance that Texas abortion laws are already straightforward.
Dr. Ingrid Skop, a San Antonio-based OB-GYN who has served as a state’s witness in the Zurawski case, also weighed in. She said that while she personally feels the law is clear, she acknowledges that other physicians are struggling.
“I just think doctors need to know that they’re supported because they feel like they’re alone making these decisions, and that’s why we’re seeing so much confusion,” Skop said.