Category: texas

SB 394 Chemical Abortion Regulation Testimony – Melanie Salazar
Kristi Hamrick | March 15, 2021
Good afternoon, Members. My name is Melanie Salazar and I am the Texas Regional Intern and Students Spokesperson with Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action. I am here today to express my support Senate Bill 394 that will enact regulations on Chemical Abortion by providing protections from the deadly distribution of these life ending drugs. Students

SB 9 Human Life Protection Act Testimony — Rachel Schroder
Kristi Hamrick | March 15, 2021
Dear Members of the Committee, My name is Rachel Schroder. I am a senior in high school and am a Texas State Captain with Students for Life Action, the largest pro-life youth organization in the world. I am here to represent the hundred Students for Life chapters in Texas in supporting SB 9, the Human Life Protection Act. This would

SB 650, Prohibiting Taxpayer Funding of Abortion — Clara Ramsay
Kristi Hamrick | March 15, 2021
Good morning, Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee, and thank you for the opportunity to address you today. My name is Clara Ramsay and I am the President of Austin Homeschool Students for Life with Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action. I am here today to express support for SB 650, which would fully

SB 802: Every Mother Matters Act (EMMA) — Victoria Avelar
Kristi Hamrick | March 15, 2021
Howdy, Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee, and thank you for the opportunity to address you today. My name is Victoria Avelar, and I am a Texas Regional Intern with Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action. I am here today to express support for SB 802, The Every Mother Matters Act. The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute

SB 1647: The Texas Abolition Strategy — David Folks
Kristi Hamrick | March 15, 2021
Good morning, Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee, and thank you for the opportunity to address you today. My name is David Folks, and I am the president of Baywood Bears for Life, a trained sidewalk advocate, and a spokesman with Students for Life of America. I personally have witnessed a woman go into an abortion mill in Virginia

Students for Life Action Calls on Texas Senators to Pass Numerous Pro-Life Bills
Kristi Hamrick | March 15, 2021
Reporting on Behalf of Students for Life Action “I’m here because it’s time we stop pushing for abortion and push for solutions to the human rights and women’s rights issues of our day.” said SFLAction’s Sarah Zarr. “What if we lead with solutions? This is what the Pro-Life Generation WANTS.” AUSTIN, TX & WASHINGTON, DC (03-15-2021)– Students for Life Action/Students

Texas Defunded Planned Parenthood – Help Your State be Next!
Brenna Lewis | February 3, 2021
As Students for Life recently reported, Texas is the most recent state to have succeeded in defunding Planned Parenthood of state Medicaid dollars. Given that Medicaid is the avenue by which Planned Parenthood grabs most of its cash from taxpayers, the fact that Texas has finally smacked their greedy paw away is a big deal. Despite how difficult a

Texas FINALLY Slaps Planned Parenthood’s Hands Away from Their Wallet
Brenna Lewis | February 2, 2021
After a decade of very hard work, pro-life advocates and lawmakers in Texas have finally succeeded in telling Planned Parenthood they can no longer steal Medicaid funds from the state. The legislature spent 5 long years in court working to prove that Planned Parenthood did not qualify for the funds. This included sharing evidence of their fetal body part

Did the Pro-Life Movement Cause an Increase in Late-Term Abortions?
Brenna Lewis | January 14, 2021
The abortion lobby says yes. But the numbers tell a different story. The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a study specific to Texas that assessed the state’s postponement of surgical abortion during the early months of COVID. The conclusion of the study seems certain that late-term abortion numbers increased as a result (something the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute

Texas Pro-Life Students Raise Over $15k for Mothers Despite COVID
Brenna Lewis | December 15, 2020
Pro-life students in Texas have been busy this semester! The Students for Life groups at Texas A&M (Corpus Christi campus), Texas A&M (main campus), University of Texas, and University of Houston have a reputation for being all-star support systems for women facing unplanned pregnancies. This turns out to still be true even in the midst of a pandemic… which