by Texas Right to Life | Mar 24, 2011 | Legislation
After being delayed a day because of the long floor debate on the Voter ID bill, the House State Affairs committee is set to hear multiple Pro-Life bills this afternoon. The list of measures includes two of Texas Right to Life’s top legislative priorities:...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 24, 2011 | Legislation
HB 816, authored by Chairman Todd Hunter, was introduced in the House State Affairs committee minutes ago. HB 816 would prevent Texas from using tax-payer funds for abortion coverage under Obamacare (see last entry for more explanation). A Senate Companion – SB...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 24, 2011 | Legislation
Minutes ago, in the House State Affairs Committee hearing, Pro-Life Representative Bill Zedler introduced HB 1602, relating to the reporting requirements for an abortion clinic (see previous entry for details of bill). During the bill lay out Representative Zedler...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 22, 2011 | Legislation
Texas Right to Life has many noteworthy and effective bills filed on our priority legislative agenda; seven to be exact. Ranging from opting abortion funding out of the federally-mandated ObamaCare to ensuring patients and their families have an involved role in...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 22, 2011 | Legislation
Welcome to the Texas Right to Life Legislative blog! The session is halfway over, and while great progress for the Pro-Life cause has been made already, we only expect the pace to increase from now until June 1st. We were very encouraged by the latest elections...