Texans Support Life & Religious Freedom at 2021 Faith and Family Day

We are extremely grateful for our supporters from across the state that made our 2021 Texas Faith & Family Day a huge success on Wednesday! The sold-out crowd gathered at Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Joe B. Hogsett auditorium was equipped on religious freedom, pro-life and family values issues, heard from pro-family legislators, and walked to the Texas Capitol to visit their legislator’s office. We are thankful for our event sponsors, including Concerned Women for America of Texas, Texas Homeschool Coalition, Texas Eagle Forum, Texas Pastor Council, and Esther Council.

We also want to thank all of our great elected officials that were featured at the event, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Abbott’s Senior Advisor Steve Munisteri, Rep. Briscoe Cain, Rep. James Frank, Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Rep. Shelby Slawson, Rep. Matt Krause, Sen. Bryan Hughes, Sen. Donna Campbell, Rep. Sanford, Rep. Noble, Rep. Steve Toth, and Sen. Drew Springer. We were also excited to livestream the event and have thousands more join us online.

Religious Freedom & Pro-Life Bills Pass Texas Senate Committee

The Texas Senate made significant progress this week on protecting religious liberty and the unborn! Your voice made a difference with the Senate State Affairs Committee as it considered, and ultimately passed, the Freedom to Worship Act (SB 26) by Sen. Angela Paxton and a similar constitutional amendment (SJR 27) by Sen. Kelly Hancock. Both of these bills will protect churches by prohibiting a government agency or official from limiting or having the effect of closing churches.

As for protecting the unborn, 7 pro-life bills, including SB 8, the Texas Heartbeat Bill by Sen. Bryan Hughes, SB 650 by Sen. Donna Campbell, SB 1173 by Senator Kelly Hancock (PreNDA), and SB 394 by Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. were voted out of committee 7-2 on Tuesday. Other pro-life bills passed include SB 9, SB 802, and SB 1647. These bills provide protections for the unborn - SB 8 prohibits abortion at the detection of a heartbeat, SB 650 prohibits cities from using taxpayer dollars to indirectly fund abortion, SB 1173 prohibits discriminatory abortions, and SB 394 helps stop the dangerous practice of chemical abortions.