A Peek Into the New Lege’s Anti-Choice Plan | The Austin Chronicle

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By: Mary Tuma

But TAL’s second priority, says its founder and leader Joe Pojman, is to prohibit “wrongful birth” lawsuits against physicians who withhold information from patients about fetal anomalies, another bill that didn’t pass last session. “These suits send the wrong message by saying society thinks a child born with a disability has less value than a child who is healthy,” says Pojman.

The discord between the two groups stems from TRL’s ties to well-funded conservative group Empower Texans, and from the group’s aggressive penchant for anti-choice bills that are sure to face legal challenges (“Deep Divisions in Texas’ Powerful Anti-Choice Movement,” April 6). Unlike TRL, Alliance for Life adopts a “prudent” approach to bills; for instance, it cautions against adopting bans at less than 20 weeks and is pessimistic about the 5th Circuit upholding the 2017 D&E ban. “Those laws do very poorly in federal court; there’s precedent against the law that’s strongly against us,” says Pojman.

Beilue: Empower Texans — It’s like a season of ‘House of Cards’ | Amarillo Glob-News

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By: JON MARK BEILUE

Because of that, Price in this current primary campaign has been criticized in mailers and on social media by Texas Right To Life as “voting to continue to abort babies.” It’s laughably absurd.

“There are always set-up votes typically on the budget and bills like this — hot-button, red-meat topics — that get these crazy amendments,” Price said. “You take a principled vote and you know it’s going to cause you headaches, but you do it because you know it’s right. You can see them from a mile away.”

Odd that Price would find himself defending his pro-life stance. He had scored 90 percent and 100 percent in the last two sessions with that group. Another pro-life and less extremist group, Texas Alliance for Life, endorses Price, saying “to call Four Price anything but pro-life is dishonest and false.”

Pro-life advocates may need to play waiting game | Cleburne Times-Review

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By: John Austin

Joe Pojman, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life, acknowledged that the pro-life movement’s ultimate goal is to roll back Rowe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that made abortion legal nationwide.

“The question,” Pojman said, “is what’s the best way to do it.”

In Texas, a 2013 state law mandated heightened standards on clinics and imposed restrictions on where doctors could perform abortions.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 overturned the law, which shuttered about half of the state’s abortion facilities.

“We’ve made huge gains” in Texas, where 21 abortion centers now remain open, Pojman said. “But abortion does remain legal.”

Sweeping Texas anti-abortion bill heads to governor as legal challenges loom | Politico

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By: Renuka Rayasam

Joe Pojman, executive director of another anti-abortion group called Texas Alliance for Life, believes that the “D&E” ban will not survive a court challenge. He said that a defeat similar to the one the state absorbed at the Supreme Court could set the anti-abortion movement back.

In addition to opening new arguments for abortion rights activists to challenge abortion laws, the state was required to pay millions of dollars in court fees for the plaintiffs.

“We can’t sustain another loss like we sustained” last year, Pojman said.

Abortion opponents say favored bills stymied in the Texas House | Austin American-Statesman

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By: Chuck Lindell

But Joe Pojman, head of the Texas Alliance for Life, which also opposes abortion, said Tuesday that it’s too early to sound the alarm.

The House State Affairs Committee, he said, has already passed significant abortion reforms, including a ban on using fetal tissue from abortions for medical research, stricter reporting of abortion complications and a ban on any state funding for abortion providers.

In addition, abortion-related bills passed by the Senate have a later deadline for House votes, extending the time for action.

“It’s all very doable,” Pojman said. “I think we’re on task to have another sensational session.”