Friday, April 11, 2025
In a shocking betrayal of the unborn, Republicans have deleted “life” from the misnamed “Life of the Mother Act” (Texas SB 31, HB 44) such that this new law is no longer about saving the life of the mother. Instead, SB 31/HB 44 would unleash the scourge of abortion on Texas again.
The good current pro-life law in Texas was upheld last year by the Texas Supreme Court. The only exception is to protect the life of the mother, but this bill would vastly expand this exception to allow an abortionist to kill an unborn child whenever he wants to.
Section 3 of SB 31 (HB 44) seeks to remove the requirement that an abortion be allowed only if there is a “life-threatening” physical condition caused by the pregnancy. As everyone who defends the unborn knows, removing the limitation of “life-threatening” means giving carte blanche to abortionists as they rack up profits.
Nowhere else is a business allowed to be its own judge, yet Senate Democrats and Republicans are trying to delegate authority to an abortionist to decide for himself when to perform an abortion. It is an abomination that Republicans are going along with this pro-abortion push by Democrats.
SB 31 crosses out multiple references to “life-threatening” from our good current pro-life law, and replaces the restriction on abortion to allow it whenever there is a mere “medical emergency,” meaning almost anything an abortionist wants under his “reasonable medical judgment.” The “medical judgment” of abortionists is to kill unborn children, so why are Republicans granting them more authority?
Please call every legislator sponsoring or co-sponsoring this horrible bill and ask them to withdraw their support immediately: Hughes, Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hagenbuch, Hinojosa (Adam), Huffman, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, and Sparks.
Please also express your opposition to the House version, HB 44, to Rep. Gary VanDeaver, Chairman of the House Public Health Committee, where a vote is expected as early as Monday, April 14.
Don’t be fooled by pro-life organizations that reportedly support this bill. No defender of the unborn would support allowing abortion without proof of a “life-threatening” condition, as our current pro-life law requires but SB 31/HB 44 would replace.
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