Sunday, April 28, 2013

Texas Senate Passes Pro-Life SB 303 to Help Families Protect Loved Ones Near the End of Life

email below from Texas Alliance for Life:


Texas Senate Passes Pro-Life SB 303 to Help Families
Protect Loved Ones Near the End of Life
 
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Sen. Robert Nichols Deserve Thanks!
 
April 24, 2013
 
Very good news! Last week the Texas Senate passed SB 303, a strong pro-life bill that will change current law to help families protect their loved ones near the end of life. Supported by pro-life Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and authored by Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville), the full Senate passed SB 303 on a decisive 24-6 vote.
Your Texas state senator, Sen. Robert Nichols, voted to support SB 303, a pro-life vote. Please thank Lt. Governor Dewhurst and Sen. Nichols for their support. See sample messages below.
SB 303 is strongly supported by broad coalition of pro-life and provider organizations including Texas Alliance for Life, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission. 
 
Voting for SB 303 were: Campbell, Carona, Davis, Deuell, Duncan, Ellis, Eltife, Estes, Fraser, Garcia, Hinojosa, Huffman, Lucio, Nelson, Nichols, Rodriguez, Schwertner, Seliger, Uresti, Van de Putte, Watson, West, Whitmire, and Zaffirini.

Voting against SB 303 were: Hancock, Hegar, Patrick, Paxton, Taylor, and Williams. Senator Brian Birdwell was absent.

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