In 2024, Texas’ Pro-Life Laws Saved Countless Women And Unborn Babies
Pro-life laws in Texas are responsible for saving the lives of countless women and unborn babies in 2024, but the state’s work to protect both mothers and their children from the abortion industry is not over yet.
According to the updated Induced Terminations of Pregnancy (ITOP) report released by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) this week, physicians and hospitals in the Lone Star State performed zero elective abortions last year.
Ever since the Texas Heartbeat Act went into effect in September 2021, which effectively banned ending the lives of unborn babies beyond six weeks gestation, thousands of pregnant women and their children have escaped the life-threatening harms that are caused by abortion.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and the state’s prohibition on ending life in the womb unless a woman’s life or one of her major bodily functions was in danger went into effect, abortions in Texas tumbled even further. The red state went from recording thousands of elective abortions each month to receiving zero reports of elective abortions each year starting in 2023 and extending into 2024.
“These numbers make it absolutely clear that Texas’ pro-life laws are protecting women and unborn babies in our state,” Communications Director for Texas Alliance for Life Amy O’Donnell said in a statement. “No doctor has been prosecuted, sued, or sanctioned for providing an abortion to save a woman’s life. No woman has lost her life for lack of an exception in the law. Misinformation suggesting otherwise spreads unnecessary fear among pregnant women and misleads the public about what our laws actually say.” (Read more from “In 2024, Texas’ Pro-Life Laws Saved Countless Women And Unborn Babies” HERE)
