By: Viviana Marcela Gómez Gil

Tras la filtración de un borrador que revocaría el derecho al aborto en Estados Unidos, grupos provida se han manifestado a favor de la noticia. Aunque no se trata de una decisión oficial por la Corte Suprema de ese país, algunos sectores ya lo celebran.

Amy O’Donnell, directora de comunicaciones de Texas For Life, aseguró en La W que, aunque la filtración representa una falla, espera que sea oficial.

“Tenemos fe en la corte, esperamos que no haya presión y no es algo que se tome a la ligera, esperamos que al final se refleje la decisión“, aseguró O’Donnell.

Así las cosas, desde su organización espera que el derecho al aborto no quede en manos de la Corte, sino en cada estado. “Esperamos que la decisión se sitúe en los estados, como debió ser siempre, la Corte no puede imponer la decisión”, agregó.

“No creo que haya una razón para tener un aborto, queremos hacer que las mujeres tengan opciones distintas y alternativas al aborto, enfocarnos en un mensaje distinto en que los bebés tienen derecho a la vida”, explicó.

En el encabezado escuche la entrevista completa con Amy O’Donnell, directora de comunicaciones de la organización Texas For Life.

By: Eleanor Klibanoff, Karen Brooks Harper

Abortion opponents in Texas are cautiously optimistic about the release of this draft ruling. Joe Pojman, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life, said it’s “encouraging,” but he’s still holding his breath.

“We’ve been burnt before,” said Pojman, “I’m waiting to see the final opinion.”

In 1992, then-Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative, had indicated that he was going to vote with the majority of the court to overturn Roe in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Then he changed his mind, and the court voted to uphold the ruling.

“Assuming the draft is legitimate, I’m reminding myself that this is far from the court’s final opinion,” Pojman said. “So it’s encouraging, but it is not definitive in my mind at all.”

By: Paul Weber Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The largest anti-abortion rally in the U.S. returns Friday with thousands of expected protesters in Washington who feel within reach of their goal for the last 49 years: a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.

“My hopes have been dashed many times, but I have never felt like this,” said Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life.

The March for Life, for decades an annual protest against abortion, arrives this year as the Supreme Court has indicated it will allow states to impose tighter restrictions on abortion with a ruling in the coming months — and possibly overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion.

By: JAMES BARRAGÁN AND CASSANDRA POLLOCK

Still, even some groups aligned with the anti-abortion movement say they have concerns about the enforcement mechanism in the state’s law. Joe Pojman, executive director for Texas Alliance for Life, said the group — which is “very pleased with the effect of the law” — does have concerns that its enforcement mechanism could be used in future state laws that could involve the First Amendment.

“Because some state might try to pass a law that … might create a right for private citizens to sue anyone who talks to a woman entering an abortion facility,” he said. “That’s a frightening prospect to us. I don’t know of any state that’s considering it. But it seems like that would be possible if this type of citizen enforcement is allowed to continue.”

By: ELEANOR DEARMAN

“SB 8 represents an attempt by the Legislature to protect unborn babies from abortion even before Roe is overturned,” said Joe Pojman, Texas Alliance for Life’s executive director. “For now, that law remains in effect. Regardless of whether the courts allow that law to continue, we hope the Supreme Court will reverse the terrible Roe v. Wade precedent so states can completely protect unborn babies from the tragedy of abortion.”

By: Emily Caldwell and BeLynn Hollers

In a statement by Texas Alliance for Life, the organization notes that “neither the United States Supreme Court nor the state district court considered the constitutionality of a pre-viability abortion ban, only the procedural questions related to the citizen enforcement of SB 8.”

“Regardless of whether the courts allow that law to continue, we hope the Supreme Court will reverse the terrible Roe v. Wade precedent so states can completely protect unborn babies from the tragedy of abortion. That could happen by next June when the Court rules on the Dobbs case, whose oral arguments they heard last week,” executive director Joe Pojman said.