By Kirk Walden The story begins more than 40 years ago, when a high school girl decided to begin following the Jesus who would change her life. As a new Christian, she began to think about others. Her thoughts went to her younger brother, who was about as far away from God as she could …
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By Texas Right to Life The Associated Press [AP] recently featured reporting on the scarcity of abortion mills in Texas, as though this is cause for concern. The piece, titled “For some Texans, nearest abortion clinic is 250 miles away,” unquestioningly asserts that having fewer businesses that profit from ending the lives of preborn babies …
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By Texas Right to Life Joaquin City Council voted to declare the East Texas town a Sanctuary City for the Unborn on Tuesday, September 17. In a unanimous vote, the city passed the ordinance, which declares abortion to be murder, prohibits abortion businesses from setting up shop within the town, and bans abortion at all …
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By Texas Right to Life The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act, Senate Bill 22, took effect on September 1. The goal of the bill is to ensure that Texans’ tax dollars do not fund or benefit abortion providers or their affiliates in any capacity. This is an important goal because any funding that …
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By Texas Right to Life With every Democratic presidential candidate celebrating abortion as a fundamental good for society, Pro-Lifers may have difficulty distinguishing one candidate from another. Each and every Democrat challenging President Trump has determined unwavering loyalty to the abortion industry is a preeminent priority. The national Democratic Party Platform reflects this radical shift—abortion …
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By Texas Right to Life HOUSTON – Carolyn Jones passed away Tuesday from natural causes following her high-profile battle with the Texas 10-Day Rule. In May, a hospital committee pulled the plug on Carolyn against her family’s will, but she lived without a ventilator or dialysis for over 60 hours until escaping the hostile hospital …
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By Texas Right to Life The Texas House of Representatives killed all but one Pro-Life priority bill, shirking their responsibility to protect Life. While other states and the Texas Senate besieged abortion and euthanasia this year with life-saving legislation, the Texas House stopped zero abortions and again green-lighted the 10-day countdown on the lives of …
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By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life With a favorable ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Texas hopes to finally enforce the termination of the Medicaid contract for three Planned Parenthood affiliates. An important Pro-Life case had an en banc appeal last week in the Fifth Circuit, meaning rather …
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By Texas Right to Life Donald Jones rescued his wife, Carolyn, from Memorial Hermann Southwest, racing to a different facility that is providing the conscious woman her desperately needed dialysis. Donald Jones escaped the clutches of the hospital committee with his beloved wife in a private ambulance funded by Texas Right to Life in the …
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By Texas Right to Life The Texas Senate passed the Preborn NonDiscrimination Act (PreNDA), Senate Bill 1033, by a bipartisan vote of 20-11. SB 1033 by Senator Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) would: End the remaining late-term abortions in Texas; Prohibit abortions committed against preborn children for discriminatory reasons, like the child’s sex, race, or …
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By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life The Texas Senate passed the Preborn NonDiscrimination Act (PreNDA), Senate Bill 1033, by a bipartisan vote of 20-11 on Tuesday. SB 1033 by Senator Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) would: End the remaining late-term abortions in Texas; Prohibit abortions committed against preborn children for discriminatory reasons, like the …
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By Texas Right to Life On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services voted Senate Bill 2089 out of committee by a vote of 5-2. This priority Pro-Life bill by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) would repeal the unethical 10-Day Rule, which allows hospitals to pull the plug on patients against their will. …
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