On May 25th, Governor Rick Perry hosted Texas Right to Life and other Pro-Life leaders in his reception room for the ceremonial bill signing of House Bill 15, the sonogram bill that he prioritized during the 82nd regular legislative session. Texas Right to Life...
Planned Parenthood President Joins Ford Foundation
Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, was appointed to the board of directors of the Ford Foundation in February of 2010. She was named chair of the Finance Committee, which has major influence in determining what...
Possible prenatal diagnosis of autism: Could geniuses be aborted?
Studies indicate that new technologies may allow doctors to diagnose autism while a child is still in the womb. Amniocentesis, a test that diagnoses chromosomal disorders like Down syndrome, may be able to indicate whether a child will develop autism after...
Protecting minors from dangerous judicial bypass loophole
Texas law currently requires a minor seeking an abortion to secure the consent of at least one parent. However, the pregnant minor can circumvent parental authority by gaining permission from a judge to undergo a secret abortion. The judicial bypass...
Gallup Poll: Majority of Americans Want Abortions Illegal
Last month, the Gallup polling organization released a national survey of 1,018 adults that reveals a majority of Americans want abortion to be illegal in all or most cases. Although there is a clear majority of Americans that want abortions illegal, almost half...
Undercover at a Planned Parenthood Rally
On Wednesday, May 11, my Texas Right to Life colleagues and I were at the state capitol in Austin where Planned Parenthood hosted a state-wide Action Day to protest potential funding reallocations discussed in the state legislature. Earlier that day, Planned...
Exciting Pro-Life Movie for Children
Exciting and poignant pro-life movies are rare. Rarer still are Pro-Life movies for children. However, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (released to the box office on September 24, 2010, and now available on DVD and Bluray), fits...
Planned Parenthood vows to stop Women´s Health Program
The Women’s Health Program (WHP), a Medicaid reimbursement program for family planning services, was established by the Texas Legislature as a five-year demonstration project in 2005. The program is set to expire this August unless authorized by new...
Texas Right to Life removes $61M tax funds from abortion industry!
Texas Right to Life spearheaded the effort to reallocate $61 million of family planning, a revenue stream for the abortion industry, to other more worthy programs when the State House of Representatives debated the state’s budget on Friday, April 1st. All...
Texas Right to Life Fights to End Coerced Abortion
April 3rd through 10th was designated National Coerced Abortion Awareness Week to raise awareness about how many women are forced, coerced, and pressured into aborting their babies. While coercion is assumed to be illegal, no law in Texas explicitly prohibits...