Federal Litigation Against the City of Austin to Continue
AUSTIN, Texas — Attorneys with Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL.org), who are representing Austin Lifecare, will amend and continue the federal lawsuit they filed against the City of Austin BACKGROUND: On April 19, 2010, the City of Austin passed an ordinance entitled ‘Chapter 10-9 – Limited Service Pregnancy Centers’ (copy attached). This ordinance required the “owner or operator” of a “Limited Service Pregnancy Center” to “prominently display, at the entrance to the Center, two black and white signs… that state as...
read moreFamily stopped from forcing Texas teen to have abortion
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Attorneys with Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL) representing a 14-year-old girl secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Wednesday from a Texas court that blocks several of her family members from forcing her to have an abortion against her will. The teenager’s family members had scheduled an appointment for her to have the abortion at a local Corpus Christi clinic this week. The girl has been under intense pressure to have the abortion, was physically assaulted last week by one family member, and has...
read moreSigns of hope in Austin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — 6:00 P.M. EST, November 10, 2011 — Signs of hope in Austin: In exchange for Suspension of A Pending Civil Rights Action Against it, the City of Austin Offers to Suspend Enforcement While It Considers Repealing its Challenged Pregnancy Resource Center Ordinance. Austin LifeCare takes down its City-Imposed disclaimer sign after it is told by the City’s lawyers that the City is suspending enforcement of its Ordinance. Austin, Texas (Friday, October 11, 2011). Austin LifeCare, through its attorneys from the Texas...
read moreTCDL sues City of Austin over ordinance regulating pregnancy resource centers (PRCs)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Thursday, October 6, 2011 AUSTIN, TX – Today, attorneys with the Texas Center for Defense of Life (www.TCDL.org), Law of Life Project in Washington, DC (www.lawoflifeproject.org) and Alliance Defense Fund in Scottsdale, Arizona (http://www.alliancedefensefund.org) filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the City of Austin on behalf of Austin LifeCare (www.austinlifecare.com), a local pregnancy resource center (PRC), regarding an ordinance passed by the Austin City Council in April, 2010 that...
read moreAustin ordinance forces pregnancy resource centers to highlight abortion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADF, allied groups challenge law that requires pro-life centers to post signs designed to deter women Thursday, October 06, 2011. ADF attorney sound bite: Matt Bowman AUSTIN, Texas — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and two pro-life organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of Austin LifeCare, a pregnancy resource center, against the city of Austin. The lawsuit challenges an ordinance that forces pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs declaring that they do not provide abortions and other...
read moreTexas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL) to be incorporated as nonprofit pro-life legal organization for Texas
TEXAS CENTER FOR DEFENSE OF LIFE (TCDL) NEWS RELEASE January 21, 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT THE TCDL OFFICE: (512) 763-9068 Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL) to be incorporated as nonprofit pro-life legal organization for Texas Formed to provide legal representation and support to pro-life organizations and individuals and aggressively defend the sanctity of human life in state and federal courts AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL), will be incorporated tomorrow as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
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