By: Glenn Evans
Those included the Texas Realtors Association, Texas Alliance for Life, Texas Medical Association, Texas Auto Dealers Association, Texans for Right to Life, Texas Farm Bureau and Texas Cattlemen’s Association.
By: Brian M. Rosenthal
Beverly Nuckols, 60, a New Braunfels family doctor who flew in for the arguments, said she was happy that a long and just process finally could be coming to an end. Nuckols said was hopeful about the ruling because she was confident in the law. “I believe we will get a tie,” she said.
By: Brittney Martin
Joe Pojman, executive director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, predicts access to abortion services won’t change if the restrictions are upheld. At least one clinic would remain in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and, on a limited basis, McAllen. But two clinics in El Paso would close, leaving no provider in West Texas.
By: Kerri Kupec
For starters, the abortion facilities’ claim that the Texas law resulted in the closure of the majority of Texas abortion facilities is untrue. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the Texas Alliance for Life Trust Fund and University Faculty for Life, which comprises more than 400 faculty members from 80 U.S. colleges and universities, address the map of closed abortion facilities the litigants created and attached to their opening brief filed at the Supreme Court.
By: Joe Pojman
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to consider a challenge to HB 2, the pro-life law passed by wide margins in the Texas House and Senate and signed into law by then-Gov. Rick Perry in July 2013. That case is known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole. The lead plaintiff runs a chain of abortion facilities in Texas, New Mexico, and other states. They are challenging two key safety components of HB 2.
By: Staff
“This is not the first time we’ve seen large donors use darkness to hide their identities from public scrutiny, particularly when they fund claims that are unsubstantiated and false,” said Joe Pojman, Ph.D., executive director of Texas Alliance for Life. “We thank these legislators for shining the light of transparency on TPEP so the public can judge whether their claims have merit. We believe they do not.”