Beto O’Rourke holds rally in Houston for women’s abortion rights at Discovery Green | ABC News 13

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By: Roxie Bustamante

Amy O’Donnell with Texas Alliance for Life said if Roe V. Wade is overturned, abortions will effectively become illegal in Texas but there will also be supportive programs to help women through their pregnancy and after birth.

“Texas is ready,” O’Donnell said. “Our legislature has appropriated $100 million towards the alternatives to abortion program that is for the biennium that money goes to pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies that support women up to birth and even up to three years after birth.”

Texas Democrats hope threat to Roe v. Wade will energize their voters ahead of the midterm election | Texas Tribune

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By: ANDREW ZHANG, PATRICK SVITEK AND ABBY LIVINGSTON

Anti-abortion activists argue that Democrats are the ones out of touch on abortion. They acknowledge the polling on Roe v. Wade does not appear favorable to the GOP but said that’s because most people do not fully understand the landmark case’s impact and what its overturning could mean.

“The poll numbers have been similar to that year after year after year, and in Texas and other states, the pro-life movement keeps advancing,” both in policy and politics, said Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life. He joked that every GOP candidate who his group interviewed for the March primary was “more pro-life than Mother Teresa.”

Leaked SCOTUS decision makes this years midterms all the more important in Texas | KABB Fox 29

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By: Matt Roy

“It makes us very hopeful,” executive director of Texas Alliance for Life Dr. Joe Pojman said.

But there is one thing the pro-life and pro-choice sides agree on: their bases are going to get out and vote this year.

“I think you’re gonna see a lot of people turn out this upcoming election that are angry about the position that the Supreme Court has taken, that is really against the safety and health of millions of women,” Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez, president of local liberal voter group Nextgen America, said.

“We encourage Pro-life voters to get out to the polls in the midterm elections, early voting in October and Election Day in November,” Pojman added.

Black, Latino, low-income Texans to be hardest hit if Roe v. Wade overturned, experts say | Austin American Statesman

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By: Natalia E. Contreras

During the Texas Rally for Life in January, where thousands of abortion opponents gathered at the Capitol, Abbott told the crowd that he is prioritizing help for pregnant people in need.

He said Texas is providing $100 million for programs that can be alternatives to abortion to support expecting mothers in need.

In a statement Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Texas Alliance for Life said the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion gives the anti-abortion organization “reason to be hopeful.”

“We will continue to work to promote compassionate alternatives to abortion available to (women) through the state’s highly successful Alternatives to Abortion program, the Texas Healthy Women Program, and more,” the statement says.

Bexar County DA weighs in on abortion rights as protests erupt over Roe vs. Wade | San Antonio Express News

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By: Jacob Beltran , Guillermo Contreras , Staff writers

Amy O’Donnell, spokeswoman for Texas Alliance for Life, said Texas law does not allow for the prosecution of women who seek an abortion. Her organization also does not support prosecuting women who seek an abortion, she said.

However, if he’s saying he wouldn’t prosecute doctors who perform abortion, then we think it is highly improper for the DA to categorically fail to prosecute an entire class of offenses in that case,” O’Donnell said.

In last year’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill that would outlaw abortion in Texas 30 days after any potential U.S. Supreme Court decision overturns Roe v. Wade. The so-called “trigger bill,” signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, would leave Texas doctors facing up to life in prison or $100,000 fines if they perform abortions, under the ban.

Texans who identify as male get involved in abortion debate | Spectrum News

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By: ASHLEY CLASTER

Dr. Joe Pojman is on the other side of the debate. Dr. Pojman is anti-abortion, but, like Cotter, believes men should speak their opinions.

“Everyone has seen these images of the unborn baby,” Dr. Pojman said. “I have been involved with this issue for more than three decades.”

Thirty-four years ago, he founded the Texas Alliance for Life with one primary goal.

“To protect unborn babies against the tragedy of abortion all the way to conception,” he said.