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Austin, Texas Maintains Harassing Ordinance Against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
2-6-12
A team of conservative legal advocacy groups has come to the aid of pro-life pregnancy centers in Austin, Texas, which continue to be harassed by city ordinances making it difficult for them to help women choose life for their babies.
Read full articleAustin passes new anti-crisis pregnancy center ordinance; pro-lifers promise fight
1-30-12
Last week, the city of Austin repealed one speech-chilling ordinance targeting the city’s crisis pregnancy centers – and replaced it with another.
In April 2010, city council required the city’s four pregnancy centers – Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, South Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, the Gabriel Project Life Center, and Austin LifeCare – to post signs outside their facilities, in English and Spanish, stating: “This center does not provide abortions or refer to abortion providers. This center does not provide or refer to providers of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved birth control drugs and medical devices.”
Read full articleDespite Austin council vote, anti-choice advocates vow to fight CPC transparency measure
1-27-12
If nail salons are required to disclose their state licenses and what services are offered before clients walk in, it would make sense that heavily state-funded pregnancy centers be held up to at least equal standards of professionalism, Genevieve Van Cleve of Annie’s List pointed out during a heated debate over a controversial city ordinance meant to help accurately inform pregnant women.
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Austin may repeal law about disclosure of abortion, birth control services
1-21-12
The City of Austin might repeal a 2 -year-old ordinance requiring some facilities that counsel women with unplanned pregnancies to post signs saying they don’t offer abortions or contraceptive services.
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Judge may still force mentally ill Catholic woman to have an abortion
1-20-12
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (LifeSiteNews.com) -– A Massachusetts woman who was spared a forced sterilization could still be forced to abort her unborn child against her will, if a lower court judge orders it.
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Courts won’t decide case of teen pressured to terminate pregnancy
1-19-12
CORPUS CHRISTI — There won’t be a court ruling in the case of a teen who had a temporary restraining order against the family members she said tried to force her into having an abortion.
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Teen says family tried to force abortion
1-18-12
Corpus Christi (CNN) — A Texas teenager will return to court this week to stop her family from forcing her to have an abortion.
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Pregnant Teen Drops Court Case
1-18-12
CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) — The attorneys for a Corpus Christi teen who was trying to stop her family from forcing her to have an abortion filed papers in court Wednesday to stop all court proceedings.
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Texas suit over forced abortion threat resolved, attorney says
1-18-12
(CNN) – The case of a Corpus Christi, Texas, teen who sued her family because she said they wanted to force her to have an abortion “has been resolved,” her lawyer says.
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Teen nearly forced into an abortion
1-13-12
Houston’s Morning News with Matt Patrick talks with Stephen Casey a pro-life attorney for a 14-year old girl who was nearly forced into an abortion
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Teen sues family over alleged abortion threat
1-13-12
(CNN) — A Corpus Christi, Texas, teenager is suing her family, claiming they are trying to force her to have an abortion. The 14-year-old girl is 10 weeks pregnant and wants to carry her child to term, says her attorney.
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Teen sues family over alleged abortion threat
1-13-12
(CNN) – A Corpus Christi, Texas, teenager is suing her family, claiming they are trying to force her to have an abortion. The 14-year-old girl is 10 weeks pregnant and wants to carry her child to term, says her attorney.
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Online Dish: 14-yr-old Girl Takes Family to Court to Prevent Being Forced to Have an Abortion
1-12-12
Is it a parent’s legal right to force their underage daughter to have an abortion? Andrea Yates’ defense lawyer, Mr. Wendell Odom Jr., serves up his thoughts on the controversial issue going on in Corpus Christi right now.
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The ‘Forced Abortion’ Lawsuit the Right Really Wants You to Know About
The story of a Texas teenager who’s suing her family to stop them pressuring her into an abortion is all over the anti-abortion media. But their coverage of it shows how poorly they understand what it means to be pro-choice.
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Pregnant Texas teen goes to court to fight family’s abortion plan
1-10-12
(ABC News) – A pregnant Texas teenager has gone to court to stop her family from pressuring her into an abortion.
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Teen Sues Family For Trying To Force Abortion (VIDEO)
1-10-12
A 14-year-old teen from Corpus Christi, Texas, is suing her family in order to stop them from forcing her to have an abortion, according to ABC News.
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Pregnant Texas Teen Goes to Court to Fight Family’s Abortion Plan
1-10-12
A pregnant Texas teenager has gone to court to stop her family from pressuring her into an abortion.
The high school freshman, who does not want to be named, lives in Corpus Christi with her adult cousins, whom her attorney Stephen Casey says hit her, prevented her from going to school, and threatened her repeatedly.
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Texas teen spared forced abortion – for two weeks
1-9-12
A Texas court has extended a temporary restraining order to prevent a 14-year-old girl from undergoing a forced abortion for at least two more weeks. Another court granted the motion in late December, after the girl’s lawyers say her parents physically assaulted the teenager in an effort to compel her to abort her unborn child.
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Girl, 14, Sues Family to Stop Abortion
1-9-12
A state court in Corpus Christi, Texas, extended an order preventing a 14-year-old girl’s family from forcing her to get an abortion. The girl filed a temporary restraining order against her family…
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Parents Want to Force Teen to Have an Abortion
1-9-12
A Corpus Christi teen goes to court to stop her family from forcing her to have an abortion. It’s a case that’s gotten the attention of a Texas pro-life group that provides legal help in cases like this. The young girl is 14 years old and about 2 months pregnant.
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Pro-life group fights forced abortion
1-4-12
A pregnant Texas girl is awaiting a court hearing to determine whether she will be forced to abort her unborn baby.
The Texas Center for Defense of Life has obtained a temporary restraining order against the parents of a 14-year-old Corpus Christi girl…
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Court order prevents family of Corpus Christi teen from forcing her to get abortion
1-4-12
CORPUS CHRISTI — A judge on Wednesday extended a court order to prevent the family of a Corpus Christi teen from forcing her to get an abortion.
A 14-year-old girl filed a temporary restraining order against her family…
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Is Austin Texas in Danger of Violating Free Speech?
10-19-11
Normally when we think of violations in free speech rights, we think of some entity trying to limit what is said. Opening prayers at football games are a prime example. Posters that teachers wish to display in their classrooms are another. Oddly the city of Austin, Texas is currently under fire not because of what they are trying to keep someone from saying, but rather what they are forcing someone to say.
