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Amy O’Donnell, Director of Communications with Texas Alliance for Life, an anti-abortion group, supports the decision.

“Texas law allows doctors to exercise their reasonable medical judgment when they are treating a pregnant patient who has a condition that presents a threat to her life, or a threat of substantial risk of impairment of a major bodily function,” she said.

Donnell acknowledged that some of the plaintiffs named in the lawsuit should have received better care.

“We do believe that when a doctor needs to intervene [perform an abortion] to save a woman’s life, that protection does need to be in place,” she said.

But O’Donnell defends the law as it stands.

“Despite what they’re saying, that the laws are confusing or that women are being harmed, the law is very clear,” O’Donnell said.

How the Find Out PAC, Democrats seek to break GOP’s lock on Texas Supreme Court | Austin American Statesman

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For Joe Pojman, director of anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, the Find Out PAC is barking up the wrong tree.

“They lost in the Legislature, so now they’re trying to get the court to legislate from the bench, and I think they’re misrepresenting that issue to voters,” Pojman said in an interview with the Statesman. “This PAC is lobbying the wrong body.”

Texas Alliance for Life and Texas Right to Life have both endorsed the Republican slate of state Supreme Court justices, with the latter group donating thousands per candidate, according to campaign finance reports. Pojman asserted that Texas Alliance for Life endorses based on judicial philosophy, not on the likelihood a justice will share its political beliefs.

Texas Alliance for Life clarifies DNC misrepresentation of pro-life laws

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“What they’re promoting is far from freedom,” Texas Alliance for Life stated.“[I]t’s the most radical push for abortion on demand that we’ve ever seen at the expense of unborn babies’ lives.”

According to the pro-life organization, the DNC was marked by claims that pro-life laws are harming women by denying life-saving care, with a particular emphasis on the case of Amanda Zurawski.

Zurawski’s story, shared by the DNC, recounts how, at 18 weeks pregnant, her water broke. Zurawski was told that her life was at risk, but that the baby was still alive. She was instructed to wait for an abortion until the baby either died or she showed signs of severe infection. Her doctor’s delay in treatment caused Zurawski to develop sepsis, putting her life in great danger.

According to Texas Alliance for Life, Zurawki’s story has been “misrepresented” for over a year, and it is widely and incorrectly believed that Amanda Zurawski’s life was risked because of restrictions on abortion.

However, Texas Alliance for Life clarified that Texas law permits immediate abortions to protect a woman’s life, and that the delay in Zurawski’s case was a result of medical mismanagement rather than legal restrictions.

State of Texas: ‘School choice’ plan poised to pass after runoff wins for Abbott-backed candidates | KXAN-TV

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The Texas Alliance for Life, after submitting a brief to the court in support of the abortion ban, praised the ruling Friday.

“The Texas Supreme Court justices understand that their role is to look at the law and interpret it – not make the law,” Alliance for Life’s Amy O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell also said the doctors who believed they could not provide medical abortions misinterpreted the law and put their patients at risk, pointing to 81 cases in which doctors performed medical abortions through Dec. 2023 without consequences.

“Clearly, we see doctors in Texas know that they can intervene, while at the same time we hear cases where some doctors are confused about the clarity and the language of her law,” O’Donnell said. “For that reason, we are in support of the Texas Medical Board providing guidelines for doctors.”

State of Texas: ‘School choice’ plan poised to pass after runoff wins for Abbott-backed candidates | State of Texas

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By: Ryan Chandler, Josh Hinkle, Kelly Wiley, Matt Grant, John Thomas

The Texas Alliance for Life, after submitting a brief to the court in support of the abortion ban, praised the ruling Friday.
“The Texas Supreme Court justices understand that their role is to look at the law and interpret it – not make the law,” Alliance for Life’s Amy O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell also said the doctors who believed they could not provide medical abortions misinterpreted the law and put their patients at risk, pointing to 81 cases in which doctors performed medical abortions through Dec. 2023 without consequences.

“Clearly, we see doctors in Texas know that they can intervene, while at the same time we hear cases where some doctors are confused about the clarity and the language of her law,” O’Donnell said. “For that reason, we are in support of the Texas Medical Board providing guidelines for doctors.”