by Texas Right to Life | Mar 18, 2016 | Legislation
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee considered S. 1553, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. S. 1553 mirrors Texas legislation in House Bill 2, the Pro-Life Omnibus Bill of 2013, which protects most pain-capable preborn children from the...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 16, 2016 | Legislation
In 1990, the United States passed the federal Americans With Disabilities Act. The Act effectively banned discrimination against disabled Americans in many spheres of life: employment, housing, transportation, etc. However, the Act’s protections begin at birth, and...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 15, 2016 | Legislation
Did you know that every year, thousands of preborn children in Texas are victims of an inhumane practice called dismemberment abortion? The abortion method, called D&E, or “dilatation and evacuation” by abortionists, involves dilating a woman’s cervix, vacuuming...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 11, 2016 | Legislation
Memorial Day: the 83rd Session of the Texas Legislature was drawing to a demoralizing close. The collusion of anti-Life Democrats and Establishment bulls ensured the futility of tireless efforts by Texas Right to Life and dedicated Pro-Life elected officials to pass...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 9, 2016 | Abortion, Legislation
Last week marked the beginning of arguments regarding Texas’s monumental Pro-Life law, House Bill 2. Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is the culmination of an onslaught of unsuccessful legal challenges through which the abortion industry retaliated against the...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 7, 2016 | Abortion, Legislation
On Wednesday, two factions rallied at the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., prior to opening arguments in the case of Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which is addressing the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Texas...