Senate Bill that protects insurance consumers from paying for abortion faces scheduling showdown

by Texas Right to Life | May 24, 2015 | Legislation

A bill that would protect Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance marketplace consumers from paying for unwanted abortion coverage faces hurdles as the clock runs out on the 84th Session of the Texas Legislature. Senate Bill 575 by Senator Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) was...

ACTION ALERT: Pro-Life SB 575 is in jeopardy

by Texas Right to Life | May 21, 2015 | Legislation

Call the Committee NOW!  Urge the Committee to pass SB 575 out of the State Affairs Committee TODAY. The House Committee on State Affairs is about to kill Senate Bill 575 by Senator Larry Taylor. One day remains for the House Committee to vote SB 575, the...

Thirteen years of legal euthanasia has led to slippery slope as woman is euthanized without her consent

by Texas Right to Life | May 20, 2015 | Bioethics

Euthanasia, or the medical killing of disabled and elderly individuals, became legal in the Netherlands in 2002.  Technically, patients must have an advance directive or living will stating in the form of a legal document that they wish to be...

Sarah Davis cozies up to Planned Parenthood, biggest abortion perpetrator in the country

by Texas Right to Life | May 18, 2015 | Abortion

Republican-In-Name-Only lawmaker named Sarah Davis has stated that she believed abortion was “a horrible way to end a pregnancy,” but her actions bespeak a far different mindset:  Representative Davis (R-Houston) actually believes in...

Planned Parenthood, poised to lose late-term abortion revenue, says 20-week ban is "appalling"

by Texas Right to Life | May 18, 2015 | Abortion, Bioethics, News

“Appalling.”  That is what Planned Parenthood called the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, an abortion limit that would protect second- and third-trimester children from being dismembered alive.  Why is this “appalling”...