By: David Mildenberg and Esmé E. Deprez

“These changes would be a tremendous raising of the level of care for women,” said Joe Pojman, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life, a group based in Austin that opposes abortion except to protect the mother’s life.

By: JIM VERTUNO

Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, called Sparks’ ruling “a big victory” for anti-abortion activists.

“The state cannot ban abortion, but at least we can give women all the information they need to make an informed decision,” Pojman said. “They didn’t have that before.”