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Right to Life Across Texas is a grassroots organization that exists to educate, equip, and encourage others in the fight for the Right to Life of all human beings from conception until natural death. 

This website exists to recognize the pro-life movement throughout Texas and to be an informational hub pertaining to state and local pro-life laws and ballot outcomes pertaining to the abortion issue. Texas is pro-life, not because of any one organization, but because of a multitude of organizations and individuals throughout the State of Texas and beyond. 

God has used so many people, and is still using so many people, in this worthy fight against the murder of innocent unborn human beings made in the image of God. 

Right to Life Across Texas was birthed out of the work of Mark Lee Dickson, founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative, who served for 19 years with Right to Life of East Texas and was the only private citizen named in the lawsuit over the Texas Heartbeat Act, which was heard before the Supreme Court of the United States in November 2021.

Mark Lee Dickson is a director of Right to Life Across Texas and the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative. Dickson is a God-fearing, Texas born and raised, pro-life activist who fights for the rights of all human beings from conception till natural death. 

Inspired by his grandfather, Dickson got his start in the pro-life movement with Right to Life of East Texas, where he proudly served as a director for almost 20 years. Dickson and his pro-life activism seeking to defend the lives of the unborn and those who are medically vulnerable in hospitals have been featured in various news outlets across the world. Dickson is, perhaps, best known for leading 94 cities and 20 counties across the United States in passing enforceable ordinances outlawing abortion within their city limits. 

According to the Washington Times, Dickson may also be the first to have been sued in a defamation lawsuit by the abortion industry for calling abortion murder. In February 2023, the Supreme Court of Texas sided in Dickson's favor. Dickson was also the only non-government actor named as a defendant in the federal lawsuit regarding the Texas Heartbeat Act, which was heard before the Supreme Court of the United States. In December 2021 all nine Justices agreed that the case against Dickson should be dismissed. 

Dickson and his accomplishments have been featured in several books, including: The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History 1652–2022 by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas, published by Crossway (2023), Roe: The History of a National Obsession by Mary Ziegler published by Yale University Press (2023), Inspired Stories: 50 Years of Answered Prayer compiled by John Beckett and Dave Kubal, published by Intercessors for America (2023), and Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present, and Future of a Constitutional Right to Abortion edited by Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone, published by Oxford University Press (2024), Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction by Mary Ziegler, published by Yale University Press (2025), and Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom by Rebecca Grant, published by Simon and Schuster (2025).