By: Julián Aguilar
Cook has been called a “champion” of the movement by Texas Alliance for Life after helping advance a bill requiring sonograms before abortion through his committee in 2011. He also supported 2013’s House Bill 2, which prevented most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to hospitals within 30 miles.
By: Brittany Martin
Pojman said his group is more interested in candidates who are “walking it rather than talking it,” which led it to turn its back on some of the more outspoken conservatives in the House, including Reps. Molly White, R-Belton, and Tony Tinderholt, R-Fort Worth.
By: Edgar Walters
Shine, on the other hand, carries the endorsement of rival anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life. Joe Pojman, the group’s executive director, said he endorsed Shine because of his anti-abortion record as a lawmaker in the 1980s, including his work on legislation that banned “late-term” abortions.
By: NADIA GALINDO
Especially here in Texas where more than half of abortion clinics have closed since HB 2 passed two years ago.
By: Joe Pojman
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to consider a challenge to HB 2, the pro-life law passed by wide margins in the Texas House and Senate and signed into law by then-Gov. Rick Perry in July 2013. That case is known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole. The lead plaintiff runs a chain of abortion facilities in Texas, New Mexico, and other states. They are challenging two key safety components of HB 2.
By: NADIA GALINDO
“I’m here today as someone who actually survived a failed abortion,” she said. “I suffered from very severe respiratory and liver problems i suffered for seizures for a period of time.”