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Texas abortion providers, funders, and other pro-abortion plaintiffs filed a total of 14 other lawsuits, some before the Act's September 1, 2021, effectiveness date, against Texas Right to Life and the organization's officers, employees, and collaborators, challenging S.B.8 as unconstitutional under various provisions of the state constitution.
Abortion in Texas is illegal in most cases. [1] There are nominally exceptions to save the mother's life, or prevent "substantial impairment of major bodily function", but the law on abortion in Texas is written in such an ambiguous way that life-threatening or harmful pregnancies do not explicitly constitute an exception.
Twenty days ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to abortion. In Texas, that means a trigger law, House Bill 1280 ...
Despite claims from politicians, the media and abortion activists that female health in Texas is at risk with pro-life laws on the books, new numbers released by the state show that doctors do ...
Mitchell was born and raised in Pennsylvania and is the oldest of seven brothers. [11] He graduated from Wheaton College in 1998 with a B.A., summa cum laude. [12] He then graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an articles editor for the University of Chicago Law Review. [13]
Dickson has been described as an “extremist” and " the primary face and architect” of the Texas Heartbeat Act by Kristin Ford, acting vice president of the pro-choice advocacy group NARAL. [2] Dickson serves as the Director of Right to Life of East Texas and is the Founder of Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative.
The Texas attorney general is using search warrants, undercover operations and more to intimidate Latinos, organizers said. Texas' Right-Wing Leaders Are Going To ‘Scary’ Lengths To Intimidate ...
Texas Right to Life awarded him the "Perfectly Pro-Life Award". [11] In the 83rd Legislative Session in 2013, Hegar was the author of Texas Senate Bill 5 and introduced the bill into the Senate. [12] The Texas House passed the bill on July 10, 2013, by a 96–49 margin and sent the measure to the Texas Senate. [13]