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Political efforts of Texas “medical” lobby protects profits over patients

By Texas Right to Life The Texas Medical Association (TMA) PAC and the Texas Hospital Association (THA) PAC are political arms of the leaders of the Texas medical lobby, who are marred by prioritizing policies that protect profits rather than patients. TMA and THA routinely oppose any legislation that increases protections for the rights of …

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Republican Party of Texas delegates overwhelmingly support new Pro-Life measures

By Texas Right to Life When the Republican Party of Texas Convention convened and began the diligent process of establishing the recommended rules, platform, and legislative priorities of the Republican Party of Texas (RPT), pro-Life activists from around the state rallied to tell their local Republican leaders to support strong Pro-Life resolutions and legislative priorities …

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Texas abortionists sue to destroy decades of pro-life laws

By Calvin Freiburger AUSTIN, Texas– The abortion lobby in Texas launched a new legal strategy it hopes will invalidate scores of pro-life laws that have been on the books for years. Last Thursday, attorneys representing the infamous Texas abortion provider Whole Woman’s Health filed a lawsuit against the state’s ultrasound requirement, 24-hour waiting period, licensing …

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Texas Tribune Offers Sad Turnout News for Lone Star State Democrats

By P.J. Gladnick My NewsBusters colleague Tom Blumer has pointed out how old media outlets have failed to report on the stunning shift in the Reuters/Ipsos poll showing the midterm election choices swinging towards the Republicans. Not only is much of the mainstream media ignoring polls showing this shift they are also failing to report …

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Abortion extremists fight proposal for humane disposal of the remains of aborted babies

By Dave Andrusko Abortion supporters in Texas, and elsewhere, are determined that nothing be done with the bodies of aborted babies that reflect even the slightest idea that they are more than refuse. That came through loud and clear Monday at a Health and Human Services Commission hearing at the Texas Capitol. All that is …

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Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban trial spotlights humanity of the preborn

By Texas Right to Life Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel recently ruled against Texas’s Dismemberment Abortion Ban, a law that prevents a brutal abortion procedure that rips apart living children in the womb to cause their death. In Yeakel’s ruling, he stated that abortion in the second trimester was an “absolute right” and said that …

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Pro-abortion reaction to Texas’s appeal of decision striking Dismemberment Abortion Ban most revealing

By Dave Andrusko As NRL News Today reported almost immediately after a federal judge struck down Texas’ Dismemberment Abortion Ban, Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would appeal the ruling, saying the law was constitutional and intended to protect “unborn human life from ghastly dismemberment abortions.” The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the …

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District Judge rules against Texas Ban on Dismemberment Abortion

By Texas Right to Life Editor’s note. This decision came down the night before Thanksgiving Day. NRLC posted two stories about this terrible decision [here and here]. The following is from NRLC’s state affiliate, Texas Right to Life. Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel, who historically rules in favor of the abortion industry, issues a sweeping ruling …

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Texas AG will appeal court decision striking down ban on dismemberment abortions

By Dave Andrusko With a consistent track record of hostility to pro-life legislation, today’s decision by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of Austin striking down Texas’s Dismemberment Abortion Ban came as no surprise. Judge Yeakel’s 27-page -long decision followed a five-day bench trial in which several abortion clinics and abortionists maintained the ban constituted an …

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National Right to Life confident Texas law prohibiting dismemberment abortions will be upheld in Fifth Circuit

WASHINGTON – In a Thanksgiving-eve decision federal district Judge Lee Yeakel struck down part of bill passed earlier this year by the Texas legislature that would have prohibited gruesome dismemberment abortions in the Lonestar State. A temporary restraining order preventing the law from taking effect, put in place by Judge Yeakel in August, was set …

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Alternative to Abortion program receives additional $20 million from the state of Texas, ensuring continued growth and success

By Texas Right to Life The state of Texas will provide an additional $20 million to the Alternatives to Abortion program (A2A) for the 2018-2019 biennium. The hard-won Pro-Life budget victory ensures that the successful program will continue to grow. A2A is a life-affirming network of adoption agencies, maternity homes, and pregnancy centers. The state-wide …

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