By: RYAN POPPE
Joe Pojman with the Texas Alliance For Life support’s the state abortion restrictions. “Because this is just a matter of protecting the health and safety of women, we have confidence that the Supreme Court will uphold the law,” Pojman explained.
By: Lana Shadwick
The United States Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a lawsuit claiming that a Texas law unconstitutionally limits access to abortion in the state. The court granted certiorari review of a challenge to provisions of Texas House Bill 2 (HB 2).
Pojman and other abortion opponents got plenty of ammunition when abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell was arrested in 2012 running a filthy and unregulated abortion clinic in Pennsylvania where at least one woman died. They say the Gosnell case shows that serious restrictions are needed on abortions, pointing out that the steps they are taking are no different than the steps regulators would take, for example, if a food company was found to be selling tainted food.
“Frankly it would be best from the point of view of protecting women’s health and safety that the Supreme Court doesn’t take the case. That would mean the law fully goes into effect,” said Joe Pojman, with the Texas Alliance for Life.
By: MANNY FERNANDEZ
Joe Pojman, executive director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, commended Mr. Abbott’s legal team for “their effective defense of Texas law from challenges from the abortion industry.”
By: Will Weissert
The reopening brings to 20 the number of abortion clinics in America’s second most-populous state. But that’s still down from 41 in 2012, and the facility could close again soon.