Texas Right to Life

The Texas Supreme Court rejected an effort by pro-abortion groups to silence a pro-life advocate who equated abortion with murder. 

Filmmaker Jane Campion, whose Netflix western “The Power of the Dog” is generating serious Oscar buzz, is raising money to help women gain access to abortion in Texas, aiming to generate a total of $20,000 in donations for three Texas abortion advocacy groups.

Texas Right to Life said Monday that the “entire abortion industry is attempting to stop Texas and Mississippi’s groundbreaking Pro-Life laws,” as battle lines over life issues are being drawn for 2022.

Texas Right to Life has denounced President Joe Biden’s attempts to pressure the U.S. Supreme Court into blocking the pro-life Texas Heartbeat Act.

A report from a pro-abortion rights news outlet said Wednesday half of the abortionists at Whole Woman’s Health clinic in Fort Worth have left their jobs since Texas’s Heartbeat Act went into effect September 1.

Texas Right to Life reported its Houston headquarters and surrounding offices evacuated Friday over a bomb threat. 

A Texas abortion clinic “raced” to terminate 67 pregnancies in 17 hours before the heartbeat ban took effect, a gender/politics report read.

The Texas Heartbeat Bill is now law in the state, banning the aborting of babies after six weeks gestation and putting the abortion industry on notice that providing the procedure illegally will have consequences.

Texas has become the first state in the nation to enact a “Heartbeat” abortion law, which bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

The Texas Heartbeat Act, which allows private citizens to sue abortion providers, is set to take effect September 1, despite failed attempts by the abortion industry to block it through the courts.

Texas abortion providers filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to block the new Texas Heartbeat Act from taking effect on September 1.

Biden released his budget Friday, one that would eliminate the longstanding Hyde Amendment and force American taxpayers to fund abortions.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday signed the “heartbeat” bill into law, banning abortion in the state once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

The Texas legislature passed a bill that will outlaw abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detected and sent it to the governor.

The Texas Senate has passed seven pro-life bills this week, including a “heartbeat” measure and one that would ban elective abortions entirely should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

Texas lawmakers this week advanced seven pro-life bills out of committee and into the full Senate chamber for hearings.

President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett is “yet another sign of his commitment to uphold the Constitution and defending the Right to Life of all humans—born and preborn,” Texas Right to Life said in a statement Saturday.

Texas AG Ken Paxton said on Monday abortions should not be performed unless the mother’s life is in danger during the coronavirus outbreak.

A federal judge has struck down a Texas law that bans second-trimester dismemberment abortions, those in which an unborn baby is “torn limb from limb” and then evacuated from the uterus.

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Texas law that banned second trimester dismemberment abortions in which unborn babies are “torn limb from limb” and then extracted from the uterus.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Tuesday which not only bans dismemberment abortion in the state; it prohibits the purchase or sale of baby body parts. The law also requires that aborted remains be disposed of in a humane and respectful way.

A Texas woman who was the “Jane Roe” in the 1973 abortion case of Roe v. Wade died in a Katy assisted living facility on Saturday. Although Norma McCorvey, her real name, became famous for the part she played in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, she became a born-again Christian and spoke out against abortion.

Last weekend, Women’s Marches were held in cities all over the globe but pro-life women were not welcome. Pro-life activists in Texas will be convening at Texas’ Capitol this weekend to demonstrate their anti-abortion, pro-life convictions during the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

A freshman Texas legislator filed a bill that would result in a physician losing their license if they perform an elective abortion.

The United States Supreme Court issued a huge blow to Texas on Monday when it struck down basic safety standards for abortion facilities in the State. The Daily Show responded to the 4-3 decision by tweeting, “Celebrate the #SCOTUS ruling! Go knock someone up in Texas!”

A lawyer for Planned Parenthood undercover videographer David Daleiden says that the cozy relationship and collusion between prosecutors and a Planned Parenthood lawyer will be smoked out when they put the huge abortion mill lawyer on the stand.

A Republican candidate for state representative filed a lawsuit seeking the right to use legislative videos taken during proceedings of the Texas House of Representatives in his campaign advertising. He claims that the videos highlight votes and positions that his opponent incumbent Wayne Smith (R-Baytown) has taken that are inconsistent with what Smith tells constituents.

Abortions in Texas are down by almost 9,000 since 2014 in the Lone Star State. Texas legislators and pro-life activists are saying that this is “something to celebrate.”

A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, has declined to take any action against Houston-based Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast but has indicted the two people who took undercover videos. Texas leaders responded to the indictments of the pro-life activists by vowing to continue their investigation into the practices at Texas abortion facilities.

The Supreme Court of Texas has issued new rules and forms governing minors seeking abortions. The action was taken in connection with pro-life legislation passed during the 2015 Texas legislative session.

A Texas mother claims a hospital is seeking to end the life of a her son who is a fully conscious patient. The patient’s mother says that a hospital administrative death panel is “Playing God” in deciding whether her son has the “quality of life” to continue to live.

A measure in the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Friday to temporarily suspend the availability of any funds to Planned Parenthood of America, Inc. or any of its affiliates, for one year during an investigation of the abortion provider. The moratorium of federal funding is entitled the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015.

The Texas Senate Health and Human Services committee began their investigation on aborted baby body part sales and questioned witnesses at the state Capitol for over four hours on Wednesday. The committee met to examine the business practices and regulatory structure of Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas, and to investigate whether state or federal laws were broken with regard to the donation and/or sale of fetal tissue.

“The video showing a Planned Parenthood employee selling the body parts of aborted children is a disturbing reminder of the organization’s penchant for profiting off the tragedy of a destroyed human life,” said Perry in a statement provided to Breitbart News. “It is because of stories like this that I signed legislation defunding Planned Parenthood in the state of Texas – to protect human life and the health and safety of Texans.”

Parties for the abortion clinics in Whole Woman’s Health, et al. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, have filed a letter stating that 11 clinics will be forced to close down if the Court does not grant the abortion clinic’s motion to stay the Court’s June 9th opinion.

Pro-life legislation making it more difficult for Texas judges to bypass parental notification when their children are seeking an abortion is gaining speed in the Lone Star State. The bill is sponsored by Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) and strengthens judicial bypass laws. After four hours of debate on the Texas Senate floor on Memorial Day, it received preliminary approval by a 20-11 vote margin. The bill now goes to a third reading as amended on Tuesday, May 26th.