Texas lawmakers ditch discussion on controversial bill that would make abortion murder | KUT NEWS

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By: Blaise Gainey

But HB 2197 saw recent pushback from even the state’s strongest supporters of abortion restrictions. Texas Alliance for Life — which describes itself as a “pro-life organization whose goals are to protect innocent human life from conception through natural death” — is one of them.

On Monday, the group’s X account posted a “legislative alert” advising followers to “oppose HB 2197, a bill to criminalize abortion for women— including the death penalty.”

Ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled committee hearing on the bill, Texas Alliance for Life called on individuals to submit written testimony urging lawmakers to reject the bill, which it said would “deter women from seeking help & make it harder to stop illegal abortion providers.”

Texas ‘Life of the Mother Act’ undergoes clarifying revisions | Live Action

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By: Reyna Rodriguez

Executive Director of Texas Alliance for Life, Dr. Joe Pojman, also testified in favor of the legislation prior to its revisions, and cited data reported by the Department of Health and Human Services of the 151 abortions labeled under the “medically necessary” exception from the overturning of Roe through November 2024. Dr. Pojman stated, “No doctor has been prosecuted, sued, or sanctioned for any of those 151 abortions. No woman has lost her life for lack of an exception.”

Texas Abortions Drop to 0, Law Saves Women and Babies | LifeNews.com

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By: Texas Alliance for Life

“Governor Abbott is absolutely right — no changes to the medical necessity exception language in the law are needed,” said Amy O’Donnell, Communications Director for Texas Alliance for Life. “These numbers continue to prove that Texas’ pro-life laws are working as Governor Abbott and the Legislature intended, saving unborn lives while allowing doctors to provide medically necessary abortions when a woman’s life or health is at risk.”

Abbott Says Texas Abortion Ban Works Fine | Reform Austin

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By: Jef Rouner

O’Donnell is wrong about no lives being lost. At least three women have died since the abortion ban was put in place. The latest bled to death in a Houston hospital because her doctor would not risk an abortion procedure that the hospital feared ran afoul of Texas law. Doctors who break abortion laws in Texas face 99 years in prison.

Texas’ abortion ban, among the strictest in the U.S., could get even stricter | The Dallas Morning News

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By: By Emily Brindley and Nolan D. McCaskill

“It’s highly illegal in Texas,” said Joe Pojman, founder and executive director of Texas Alliance for Life. “It is the same offense as performing an illegal abortion in Texas.”

Legal experts have said the law isn’t so black-and-white, particularly because a number of other states have enacted shield laws that protect health care providers from other states’ abortion bans.