Lori DeVillez, the Executive Director of the Austin Pregnancy Resource Center said her organization was taken completely off guard by the new law. “I’m still surprised at what happened here. We had no idea. There was no warning or information given to us,” she said. “We are as honest as honest can be. We let people know exactly who we are. Anyone who calls, and they’re requesting an abortion, we let them know that that’s not what we do. We’re certainly very up front with what we do.”
The director said that her organization’s mission is simply to provide free resources to pregnant women. “We have a clothing boutique. We partner with medical care in the community so we can get her a good doctor in the community. She’s scared, so she doesn’t know what to do, and we help her with that. We are a pregnancy resource center. That’s what we do. We provide resources for pregnancy. How much clearer can you be? I don’t understand it.”
Jonathan Saenz, director of legislative affairs at Liberty Institute, asks, "Why is the City of Austin so hostile to the needs of pregnant women served by charitable pregnancy centers?" Liberty Institute also pointed out that “there is no corresponding requirement that abortion facilities post signs about the services they do not provide.” DeVillez echoed a similar sentiment, saying, “I don’t know of any other group, non-profit or not, that has to put on their building what they don’t do. That doesn’t make any sense.” LifeSiteNews
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