Last week, the Texas Health & Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs, Gov. Rick Perry, and Attorney General Greg Abbott all stood tall against Planned Parenthood and the Obama administration on the issue of use of taxpayer funds for the Woman’s Health Program (WHP) in Texas by abortion providers. As a result of legislation passed in [...]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The State of Texas has joined in the lawsuit against Obamacare’s mandate for contraception and abortifacient drug coverage. Texas now joins Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina in the fight for religious liberty. Liberty Institute’s supports the state’s stand on this important issue: “We are in full agreement with the actions taken by [...]
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Texas Sonogram law is now in full effect as of January 13, 2012, as ordered by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yes, every abortion clinic and abortion doctor in Texas must follow this law, now. Any doctor seeking to perform an abortion on a woman in Texas must follow this law that protects [...]
Friday, January 13, 2012
See the court’s order here. 5th Circuit Order 011312 See the Texas Attorney General’s request here. State Motion for Mandate 011212 Thanks again to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and his outstanding staff!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/January/Texas-Can-Enforce-Sonogram-Viewing-Law-for-Now/ By the way, big thanks goes to Attorney General Greg Abbott and Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell for doing an excellent job defending the Texas Sonogram law!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court Upholds Law Stating Sonograms Must Be Performed 24 Hours Before Abortions AUSTIN, Texas, January 10, 2012 – Today, Liberty Institute announced a major pro-life victory when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declared constitutional the recently enacted Texas Sonogram Law, also known as HB 15. The Fifth Circuit’s [...]
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Breaking News — Texas Sonogram law ruled constitutional! The Fifth Circuit Court (Edith Jones opinion) holds recently enacted Texas Sonogram law constitutional. The Fifth Circuit reversed Judge Sparks, vacating his granting of preliminary injunction, which had stopped enforcement of the Texas Sonogram law. Check back to the blog today for a full press release with quotes [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Veterans & Their Families Protected in Texas by Liberty Institute: At Liberty Institute we were honored to win a huge religious liberty case in Houston at the VA Cemetery where “God” was being banned at military funerals, in additiona to other hostile attempts censor religious expression. Details here http://www.libertyinstitute.org/ Teaching on Veterans Day Prevails in [...]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
A New York abortion group, Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit against a new Texas informed consent law including sonograms before abortions. The abortion group was granted a hearing today on their motion to stop the enforcement of the law. The court did not rule on the motion and granted both side additional time [...]
Monday, June 6, 2011
I was on Fox News this morning with Angela Hildenbrand, class valedictorian and Liberty Institute client, to discuss the Medina Valley High School Graduation. The video of the interview is below.
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