Texas Police Confiscate Jars of Urine, Feces From Abortion Activists
Texas police have issued a statement confirming they have confiscated numerous jars of feces and urine that abortion activists planned to throw at pro-life legislators today who are debating the late-term abortion ban.
As LifeNews reported, abortion activists also planned to throw tampons and feminine pads at lawmakers, but the Texas Department of Public Safety statement below confirms the planned assaults on legislators are much worse than that. Ref. Source 2
Abortion Activists Arrested at Texas Capitol After Pro-Life Bill Passes
No sooner did the Texas state House pass the bill to ban late-term abortions than abortion activists caused such a ruckus in the House gallery that state troopers were forced to arrest them.
Abby Johnson tweeted a picture on Twitter of troops arresting abortion activists and Bryan Kemper took video footage of the incident Ref. Source 7 /10/abortion-activists-arrested-at-texas-capitol-after-pro-life-bill-passes/
Governor Rick Perry to Sign Texas" Late-Term Abortion Ban Thursday
Governor Rick Perry of Texas will sign the ban on late-term abortions tomorrow morning in a bill signing ceremony, after weeks of debate in the state legislature and passage of the bill despite an unruly pro-abortion mob.
After a day filled with pro-abortion threats, pro-life people hiding in secure areas of the capitol fearing for their safety and protestors disrupting the Senate proceedings, democracy finally prevailed. Members of the state Senate approved the bill to ban late-term abortions on a 19-11 margin on second reading. The chamber then approved the bill in third reading by the same 19-11 vote. Ref. Source 4
Texas Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Must Repay $1.4 Million After Medicaid Fraud
The Planned Parenthood abortion business must repay $1.4 million dollars in Texas after it was found to have participated in a massive Medicaid fraud scheme.
Last year, a former employee of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast has filed a whistleblower's complaint with the Attorney General of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice. The PPGC employee alleges that the abortion business engaged in an elaborate Medicaid fraud scheme. Ref. Source 3
Texas Bureaucrats Stall New Law Holding Abortion Clinics Accountable
Thursday morning, after hearing public testimony, the Department of State Health Services Council refused to vote on new rules that would instruct how abortion facilities are to adhere to portions of the recently passed House Bill 2-the Pro-Life omnibus bill that passed in the special session of the 83rd Legislature. Ref. Source 8
Planned Parenthood Fights Texas for the Right to Put Women's Health at Risk
As this is being written, attorneys for the state of Texas and pro-abortion litigants are scheduled to be providing final arguments on a request by the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, and the American Civil Liberties Union for a preliminary injunction against two provisions of Texas multi-pronged HB 2 that are scheduled to take effect October 29. Ref. Source 2
Parts of Texas' new abortion law, considered among the most restrictive in the country, are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday, one day before they were scheduled to take effect. Ref. CNN
Federal appeals court reinstates most of Texas' new abortion restrictions
The panel says that the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital can take effect while a lawsuit moves forward. Ref. USAToday