SB 8 was authored by Senator Bryan Hughes who said, “This bill says for the little baby inside her mother’s womb, if there is a heartbeat detected, that little baby will be protected.”
During debate of the bill, one of the sponsors shared her own personal story. Rep. Shelby Slawson said doctors advised her mother to get an abortion because of potential medical problem with the unborn baby.
Slawson said, “The complications and those dire prognoses continued, the back-and-forth to the doctor continued, and that heartbeat continued. And then one Tuesday in May, that new mom greeted her newborn. This surprisingly normal baby, marveling at 10 fingers and 10 toes and wisps of red hair.”
Liberty Counsel now defends Sandra Merritt against the vicious two-front attack launched against her by then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris and later her replacement, then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Planned Parenthood. Merritt is a courageous pro-life grandmother who exposed Planned Parenthood’s horrific trade in baby body parts. She and her co-defendant, David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress, are the first undercover journalists to be charged with a crime for undercover recordings made in the public interest in the history of California.
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Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “The beating heart of a priceless unborn child should awaken the conscience of our nation to the violence of abortion. I am grateful that Texas is not afraid to take significant steps toward making the womb a safe place again. We must continue to pass legislation to protect these precious children and their mothers.”
