All eyes on Tuesday were on marquee races of the 2019 general elections in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi. In Virginia, another blue wave devastated the GOP. In Kentucky, the incumbent Republican governor trails in...
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Thomas Valentine
Judge Kemp’s Bible Gift to Amber Guyger Angers Atheist Group
On Wednesday, October 2, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean. During the victim impact portion of the sentencing hearing, Jean’s younger brother...
Lisa Hudson
Pro-Life Healthcare Center Vandalized in Texas
Just months after vandals broke the building’s windows, a pro-life healthcare center in Texas has been vandalized for a second time. Austin LifeCare is a healthcare center that has been operating in Austin, Texas, for...
Kelvey Vander Hart
Born-Alive Legislation Advances in Texas and North Carolina
In the midst of the debate over legal rights for babies who survive abortion attempts, two states have stepped forward in an effort to secure rights for these children: Texas and North Carolina. In Texas, the State...
Texas Judge Overturns State’s Pro-Life Fetal Burial Law
A federal judge in Texas has struck down a law that required the burial or cremation of fetal remains — including the remains of those who had been aborted. Passed in 2017, Senate Bill 8 required healthcare...
Texas Billboard Promoting Abortion as “Self-Care” Sparks Uproar
Abortion has been called many things: a “reproductive right,” “woman’s choice,” and “personal decision.” Yet, very rarely has it been called something as ludicrous as “self-care...
Don’t Mess with Texas: State Recognized as Most Business-Friendly in U.S.
Recently, CNBC announced that Texas came in first place for the network’s “2018 America’s Top States for Business” rankings. As CNBC noted in its announcement, “[t]his is familiar territory for...
Jonathan Decker
Pro-Abortion Lobbyists Challenge Texas Pro-Life Laws in Court
In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a pro-life law passed by the Texas state legislature would be struck down because the benefits of the law were not worth impeding access to abortion. Now, Texas abortionists...
Texas School Safety “Action Plan” Contains More Problems than Solutions
After yet another tragic school shooting — this time in Santa Fe, Texas, resulting in the deaths of eight students and two teachers — Texas has followed the example of Florida and proposed a plan that vastly...
Karen R. Effrem, MD
New Poll Shows Ted Cruz in Danger of Defeat — But Should Republicans Panic?
A poll was released earlier this week that provided a little bit of a shock for Republicans: according to Quinnipiac, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) holds only a 3-point lead over Democrat challenger Beto O’Rourke. The release...
Parents Beware: Mental Screening of Students Ramps Up in Texas
While federal, state, and local officials are trying to improve student safety in the wake of the tragic Parkland, Fla., school shooting, the heightened concern over student mental health has greatly increased efforts...
Regulations Gone Wrong: Why These Unfair Texas Laws Need to Go
This article is part of a series focusing on Lens of Liberty, a project of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation. For years, the government’s answer to almost every problem has been to impose regulations. But while...
Terry Schilling
Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Ban on Dismemberment Abortion Procedure
Pro-abortion groups everywhere rejoiced on Wednesday when a federal district judge struck down Texas’ ban on dilation and evacuation, an abortion procedure that takes place in the second trimester. This ban was...
Abortion Extremists Target… Hurricane Harvey Victims?
Hurricane Harvey has been an absolute tragedy. Not only has there been a tremendous loss of life, but the mass destruction of property and opportunities for the people of Texas has the entire country in mourning. It is...
New LGBT Strategy: Pay Pro-Business Groups to Undermine Conservatives
Over the last few years, a similar sequence of events has become routine whenever state lawmakers try to pass legislation protecting religious liberty or opposing the Left’s gender ideology. First, Democrats...
Beyond Bathrooms: Why Transgender Battles Could Soon Impact Every Family
As it becomes clearer every day, Americans are sharply divided on how best to handle questions of children and gender identity. For better or worse, however, American parents are currently allowed (and even encouraged)...
Anna Anderson
Texas Legislators Take Pro-Life Stand, Pass More Protections for Unborn
While most Americans were asleep last night, legislators in the Texas Senate were working diligently to add more pro-life legislation to their books, displaying their strong commitment to curbing abortions in the Lone...
Andrea Moury
Did Texas Just Invent a Better Way to Defund Planned Parenthood?
With the odds of Congress repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood before August recess getting slimmer by the day, lawmakers in Texas are thinking outside the box. If approved, their unconventional method...
BREAKING: Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Pro-Life Bill, With More Coming
Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill placing significant restrictions on abortion providers in his state, and simultaneously called for a special session which will provide an opportunity for further pro...
