Sylvester Turner Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Abortion==== Turner has long been an advocate for abortion rights. He voted against a measure requiring doctors to perform a sonogram on women seeking an abortion at least 24 hours before the procedures.<ref>{{cite web|title=HB 15 β Requires an Ultrasound Prior to an Abortion β Key Vote|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/12859/34871/8018/requires-an-ultrasound-prior-to-an-abortion#.VY2DxflViko|website=Vote Smart}}</ref> He has also fought to protect funding for family planning programs and Planned Parenthood.<ref>{{cite web|title=SB 7 β Health Care β Key Vote|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/13545/35505/8018/health-care#.VY1_pflViko|website=Vote Smart}}</ref> Turner also voted against a Senate version of a measure that banned abortions after 20 weeks and tightened standards on abortion clinics,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grissom|first1=Brandi|title=Abortion, Protests, Transportation as Session Nears End|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/24/abortion-protests-redistricting-special-session-ne/|website=The Texas Tribune|date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> and also authored an amendment to the bill that would have required the state to pay the costs abortion clinics would incur on the measure to retrofit facilities so they could be certified as surgical centers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tuma|first1=Mary|title=Anti-Abortion Bill Officially Advanced by House|url=http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2013/07/09/anti-abortion-bill-officially-advanced-by-house|website=San Antonio Current}}</ref> In 2013, the El Paso Times described Turner as a "lion of pro-abortion rights."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schladen|first1=Marty|title=Texas state rep Bryan Hughes focused on abortion message|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_23701512/state-rep-focused-pro-life-message|website=[[El Paso Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102041556/https://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_23701512/state-rep-focused-pro-life-message/ |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |date=July 12, 2013 |access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page