64 Texas Legislators Ask Perry for Special Session for Pro-Life Bills

An interesting story from www.lifenews.com about Texas' legislative Special Session. This follows this post about Maryland's abortion clinics.   For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and you can also get two very interesting books HERE.

64 Texas Legislators Ask Perry for Special Session for Pro-Life Bills


by Texas Right to Life
Austin, TX
www.LifeNews.com
Texas Right to Life is so proud of the Pro-Life Whip in the Texas House of Representatives, Representative Bryan Hughes, who drafted and circulated the following letter for signatures from his colleagues to urge Pro-Life Governor Rick Perry to again lead on protecting Life. 64 of the 150 House members joined Pro-Life Whip Hughes on the letter.



If a special session is called (after the enormously disappointing 83rd Regular Session that ends on Memorial Day during which no Pro-Life legislation was passed), Governor Perry may call legislators back to address some unfinished business. Along with the 62 legislators, Texas Right to Life considers the approximately 80,000 tiny Texans who will be aborted this year to be unfinished business.



Pro-Life legislators are frustrated and saddened about being denied the opportunity to pass laws that protect the health and safety of women and safeguard our most vulnerable unborn Texans. Our Pro-Life State House members are eager to work – even if they have to stay longer in Austin – with our Pro-Life Governor and Pro-Life Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst to enact new Pro-Life laws during a possible special session.


May 24, 2013



Dear Governor Perry,



Thank you for the strong stands you take for life and for liberty. The undersigned members of the House share your commitment to protect the sanctity of human life. Despite an overwhelming pro-life majority in the House, not a single pro-life bill filed during this 83rd session reached the House floor.



Since pro-life values are fundamental to us, and since the majority of Texans share these convictions, we are not willing to give up the fight. In the struggle to defend life, we cannot take a day off – much less a legislative session.



In light of the increasing likelihood of a Special Session, we ask that you exercise your constitutional power and add pro-life bills to the call.



More specifically, we ask that you add the following matters to the call:



1.Protection of pain-capable unborn children from abortion at 20 weeks gestation;



2.Protection of women and unborn children by requiring abortion facilities to meet the same health and safety standards as ambulatory surgical centers; and



3.Protection of women and unborn children by requiring abortion doctors to secure and maintain privileges at an emergency room within thirty miles of the facility where they commit abortions.



4. Legislation ensuring that any Health Insurance Exchange (whether state or federal) set up in Texas does not include coverage for abortion.



On these matters of life, the will of the people has been frustrated thus far in the Regular Session. By adding these fundamentally important issues to the special session agenda, you can enable your pro-life House Members to defend innocent human life.



Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of our request, and thank you for your service to Texas.






Sincerely,

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Representative George Lavender

House District 1



Representative Dan Flynn

House District 2



Representative Cecil Bell, Jr.

House District 3



Representative Lance Gooden

House District 4



Representative Bryan Hughes

House District 5



Representative Matt Schaefer

House District 6



Representative David Simpson

House District 7



Representative Jim Pitts

House District 10



Representative Kyle Kacal

House District 12



Representative Lois Kolkhorst

House District 13



Representative Steve Toth

House District 15



Representative Brandon Creighton

House District 16



Representative Tim Kleinschmidt

House District 17



Representative James White

House District 19



Representative Marsha Farney

House District 20



Representative Greg Bonnen

House District 24



Representative Dennis Bonnen

House District 25



Representative Rick Miller

House District 26



Representative Ed Thompson

House District 29



Representative Geanie Morrison

House District 30



Representative Scott Turner

House District 33



Representative J. M. Lozano

House District 43



Representative Jason Isaac

House District 45



Representative Harvey Hilderbran

House District 53



Representative Jimmie Don Aycock

House District 54



Representative Charles “Doc” Anderson

House District 56



Representative Trent Ashby

House District 57



Representative Rob Orr

House District 58



Representative Jim Keffer

House District 60



Representative Phil King

House District 61



Representative Larry Phillips

House District 62



Representative Tan Parker

House District 63



Representative Ron Simmons

House District 65



Representative Van Taylor

House District 66



Representative Jeff Leach

House District 67



Representative Drew Springer

House District 68



Representative James Frank

House District 69



Representative Scott Sanford

House District 70



Representative Charles Perry

House District 83



Representative Phil Stephenson

House District 85



Representative John Smithee

House District 86



Representative Four Price

House District 87



Representative Jodie Laubenberg

House District 89



Representative Stephanie Klick

House District 91



Representative Jonathan Stickland

House District 92



Representative Matt Krause

House District 93



Representative Diane Patrick

House District 94



Representative Bill Zedler

House District 96



Representative Craig Goldman

House District 97



Representative Giovanni Capriglione

House District 98



Representative Stefani Carter

House District 102



Representative Linda Harper-Brown

House District 105



Representative Pat Fallon

House District 106



Representative Angie Chen Button

House District 112



Representative Cindy Burkett

House District 113



Representative Bennett Ratliff

House District 115



Representative Dan Huberty

House District 127



Representative John Davis

House District 129



Representative Allen Fletcher

House District 130



Representative Bill Callegari

House District 132



Representative Jim Murphy

House District 133



Representative Tony Dale

House District 136



Representative Dwayne Bohac

House District 138



Representative Debbie Riddle

House District 150