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Tag Archives: Texas Right to Life

by Sophie Novack

How Anti-Abortion Activists are Training Their ‘Next Generation of Pro-Life Leaders’

College students descended on Houston to learn how to "convert" their peers to oppose abortion and how to "dismantle" Roe v. Wade.

Mon, Aug 13, 2018 |

This summer, nearly 30 college students gathered in Houston for a weeklong summit on how they could be the generation to end abortion in America. One day, after...Read More

Activists chant and yell in the Capitol rotunda as the House debates new abortion restrictions.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Days After Supreme Court Ruling, State Data Shows Dramatic Drop in Abortions

Texas Latinas were disproportionately affected by restrictions in the state's anti-abortion law.

Thu, Jun 30, 2016 |

Data the health department was reluctant to release vindicates abortion providers who said anti-abortion regs would disproportionately affect Texas Latinas....Read More

An anti-abortion religious group claims that "ghost abortions" have had a significant detrimental impact on the American economy.

by Andrea Grimes

Ghost Abortion Busters

Texas lawmakers' crusade against evidence-based research has made this anti-abortion pseudoscience too hot to touch.

Fri, Mar 25, 2016 |

The latest anti-abortion jibber-jabber is pure pseudoscience. But Texas lawmakers' crusade against evidence-based research makes it too hot to touch....Read More

Byron Cook and Debbie Riddle take their places among these "dishonorable" pro-life "frauds," according to Texas Right to Life.

by Andrea Grimes and Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Who’s the ‘Life’ of the Party?

Anti-abortion infighting makes for mud-slinging Texas House races in the Republican primary.

Tue, Feb 23, 2016 |

Texas Right to Life, which bills itself as the underdog of the Texas anti-abortion movement, is going after some of the state's most stalwart Republicans....Read More

David Daleiden, who founded a fradulent biomedical company as part of an anti-abortion operation, is facing second-degree felony charges for tampering with a government record.

by Andrea Grimes

One Planned Parenthood Investigation Backfired. Here’s Why The Next Won’t.

Tue, Jan 26, 2016 |

Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden has been indicted on felony charges in Houston, but Texas still has two more investigations underway....Read More

Planned Parenthood

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Fact-Finding Hearing Turns into Hours of Planned Parenthood Bashing

Wed, Jul 29, 2015 |

On Wednesday, a panel of Texas senators spent almost five hours denouncing abortion, grilling state health officials on an issue they don’t have authority ove...Read More

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