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Joe Pojman
April 28th, 2022
New Orleans, LA — The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a lower court to “dismiss all challenges to the private endorsement provision of the Texas Heartbeat Act” this week.
December 13th, 2021
Texas Heartbeat Act Suffers Setbacks in Supreme Court and State District Court But Remains in Effect
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled by an 8-1 vote in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson that a challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act brought by abortion providers may continue against state agencies that enforce medical laws....
December 3rd, 2021
We are encouraged by the questions the justices asked that signal their openness to reversing Roe. If that happens, the Texas Human Life Protection Act, HB 1280, will begin protecting unborn babies from the tragedy of...
October 25th, 2021
Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to consider two federal court challenges to the Texas Heartbeat Act during an expedited hearing on November 1. In the meantime, the Texas Heartbeat Act remains in effect.
October 4th, 2021
At least two lawsuits have been filed in state court against Alan Braid, a well-known San Antonio abortion doctor, who claims to have performed an abortion after the baby’s heartbeat was detectible, in violation of the Texas...
January 18th, 2021
The 2021 Texas Rally for Life will be held on Saturday, January 23, from 2-4 PM CT!
October 27th, 2020
Yesterday, by a vote of 52-48, the United States Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Both Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted to confirm....
September 26th, 2020
Today President Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. By any description, Barrett is highly qualified for the position. She clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. She was...
June 30th, 2020
The Supreme Court’s ruling is disappointing; however, it is not a setback. We have lost no ground. The rule requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital privileges in Louisiana, Texas, and other states,...
April 8th, 2020
Clearly the crisis in Texas and across the nation calls for measures to conserve the personal protective equipment needed by doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus on the front lines. We believe that merely delaying...
December 21st, 2021
In Texas, thanks to a timely new law that went into effect this month, mail-order abortion drugs are banned and will not put women at risk.
December 7th, 2021
On December 2, the Texas ban on mail-order chemical abortions went into effect after the Legislature passed and pro-life Governor Greg Abbott signed it into law last summer.
December 1st, 2021
We hope the Supreme Court will take a fresh look at the terrible Roe v. Wade precedent and give our legislators the latitude to protect unborn children from abortion beginning at conception.
October 19th, 2021
Recently the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay against the preliminary injunction that prevented enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act. That preliminary injunction was issued by Federal District Judge...
January 19th, 2021
This Saturday, January 23, 2021, thousands from across the state will participate in the 2021 Texas Rally for Life — as part of the Life Caravan around the Texas Capitol in Austin and via the Livestream....
December 3rd, 2020
We applaud the 5th Circuit’s decision. Without question, the State of Texas should be able to exclude law-breaking organizations like Planned Parenthood from its list of providers for vulnerable, low-income women. Texas has...
October 16th, 2020
We are disappointed but not surprised. This demonstrates once again that the terrible Roe v. Wade precedent is cruel and out of step with science that tells us unborn children are babies deserving of protection.
August 18th, 2020
Recently the Austin City Council voted to appropriate $100,000 to fund abortion access, according to the “Immediate Community Investments and Re-imagining Plan.” This $100,000 is in addition to the $150,000 allotted in last...
April 14th, 2020
Yesterday evening the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order allowing the performance of drug-induced abortions in the 15 abortion facilities that sued Governor Greg Abbott over his Executive Order GA 09 calling for...
March 27th, 2020
With the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases projected to rise, healthcare providers’ highest priority must be treating patients who test positive and others whose lives are at risk.
