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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 2858

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              State Affairs Committee

              April 12, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

                       For :

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Andrews, Jenny (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)

                                 Jadloski, Herman (Self; Life Advocates and Board President, Foundation for Life)

                                 Laster, Dottie (Self; Heidi Search Center)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Terra, Greg (Self; Texas Center for Defense of Life)

                                 Vatterott, Judy (Self; Life Advocates)

                                 Wright, Kyleen (Self; Twxans for Life)

                       On :

                                 Hays, Susan (Self)

                                 Horne, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Levario, Lena (Self)

                                 Prior, Andy (Self; Equal Protection for Posterity)

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Cooper, Deirdre (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                                 Ponte, Emily (Self; Foundation for Life)

                                 Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)

                                 Townsend, Linda (Texas Catholic Health Association)

                                 Wheatley, Elisabeth (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                       Against :

                                 Blanton, Dana (Self)

                                 Garcia-Ditta, Alexa (Self)

                                 Hernandez, Steven (Self)

                                 McFarland, Jane (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Norris, Sarah (Self)

                       On :

                                 Huss, Jonathan (Dept of State Health Services)

                                 Waldron, Patrick (Texas department of state health services)

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