By: Joe Pojman

“It is very important to protect the sanctity of life, and it was my honor to sponsor and vote for numerous pro-life bills during the legislative session. We must fight to protect life now more than ever and I want to thank Texas Alliance for Life for working with my office this session to pass important pro-life legislation,” said Senator Perry.

By: Alexa Garcia-Ditta

“The minor has to have an opportunity to have an abortion without the involvement of her parents,” he said. “That’s not our preference, but that’s the reality issued across the states by the [United States] Supreme Court … I predict that what the [Texas] Supreme Court comes up with will protect parents’ rights far more than what’s happening now.”

By: Alexa Ura

Joe Pojman, executive director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, said it was “sensational” session for his group. He added that it was understandable that the Legislature was taking a more piecemeal approach to abortion legislation after the restrictions on abortion it enacted in 2013.

“For us, that was the bill of the century,” Pojman said. “I don’t think I’ll live for another bill of that magnitude.”

By: BRITTNEY MARTIN

In an earlier draft of the bill, minors were to assume that the bypass was not granted if a judge did not rule in time. The language drew criticism from Joe Pojman, executive director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, who said the automatic denial would lead to court challenges.