How a little baby named Gemma helped write Texas law | Pregnancy Help News

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By: Jacquelyn Smith

But wait, there is more… collaborating with Texas Alliance for Life, we visited the bill author, Senator Kelly Hancock, and suggested, and the author accepted, life-affirming language that transformed and clarified the meaning of perinatal palliative care.

Fatal language unfairly steals hope from every diagnosis experience, and its effect is pervasive. The original bill text spoke only of the diagnosis of life-threatening disabilities, and the resources offered were focused on the possible death of the child. That perspective sets up the expectation that the baby will die and assumes no hope. It speaks the language of hospice care instead of true palliative care. While some conditions are fatal and hospice is a beautiful and much-needed form of care, it is wrong to assume that every diagnosis fits that narrow definition.

Aumentan muertes de bebés en Texas tras aplicación de ley que restringe el aborto: estudio | aldiadallas

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By: Julia James

Amy O’Donnell, directora de comunicación de Texas Alliance for Life, dijo que el resultado del estudio no es ninguna sorpresa porque la tasa de natalidad en Texas ha aumentado después de la aprobación de la ley y que por lo tanto las muertes de bebés aumentan también.

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“Perder a un hijo es difícil, pero abortar a ese niño no elimina la pérdida; le quita al bebé no nacido y a la familia tiempo juntos, por corto que sea”, dijo en una declaración. “La vida de los bebés a los que se les diagnostica discapacidades fatales o limitantes vale y merecen ser tratados con dignidad”.

In Texas, Infant Mortality Rose After Abortion Ban | The New York Times

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By: Claire Cain Miller

Abortion opponents say that fetuses, regardless of a fatal diagnosis, “deserve every chance at life,” said Amy O’Donnell, the communications director for Texas Alliance for Life.

“It is heart-wrenching for any parent to lose a child, and our sympathies go out to families who have experienced such loss,” she said. “Nevertheless, no disease, disability or disorder justifies abortion.”

New study finds increasing infant deaths in Texas after implementation of SB 8 | The Dallas Morning News

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By: Julia James

Amy O’Donnell, communications director for the Texas Alliance for Life, said the results of the study are not surprising, as birth rates in Texas have increased after the passage of abortion bans and infant deaths would therefore increase as well.

“Losing a child is difficult, but aborting that child doesn’t take away the loss, and it robs the unborn child and family of time together, however short that may be,” she said in a statement. “The lives of babies diagnosed with fatal or life-limiting disabilities have value and worth and are worthy of being treated with dignity.”