Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that if Planned Parenthood succeeds in its legal challenges regarding the Texas Women’s Health Program, “they will kill this program."

Kyle Janek, executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, said Wednesday morning that the new state-led Women's Health Program would be ready to start on Nov. 1. But the program will not launch until court controversy is clarified or federal funds run out.

A ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday gives Texas the go-ahead to cut Planned Parenthood out of the Women's Health Program. 

In a peace offering of sorts to medical and women's groups on Thursday, HHSC Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek announced rules for the new state-run Women's Health Program that permit doctors to discuss abortion with their patients. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services got an earful Tuesday from lawmakers and women’s health advocates at a public meeting in Austin to discuss proposed rules for the Texas Women's Health Program.

A look at the upcoming Republican and Democratic party conventions, the state's win in a court battle over women's health programs, and a second win on federal cross-state pollution rules.

Reporter Thanh Tan takes us to South Texas, where some women are relying on a medication they can purchase over the counter in unregulated Mexican pharmacies to end their pregnancies. Reeve Hamilton looks at meningitis vaccine requirements at colleges and universities.

Reporter Thanh Tan takes us to South Texas where the lack of womens health is forcing pregnant woman to cross the border for in search of alternatives.

A brief tutorial on how to use the Texas Tribune's interactive map on women's health.

From the evolution of state and federally subsidized contraception to the battle over Planned Parenthood to the cost of unplanned pregnancies, this six-part series is the most comprehensive look yet at the politics of reproductive health in Texas.

Take a look at our interactive table to compare family planning providers who contracted with the state in fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and see how their funding levels have changed.

First, the state’s Medicaid director announced he was retiring. Now, Health and Human Services chief Tom Suehs says he hasn’t decided whether he will quit in August. Will HHSC rival public education for next session's biggest leadership void?

For this week's nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked questions from the most recent University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll on federal health care laws, Texas public schools and anti-tax pledges. 

E. Smith interviews Dan Patrick about John Carona, Root on the race to replace Ron Paul, Batheja on a nest of open House seats in Tarrant County, Aguilar on a border brawl over a congressional seat in El Paso, Tan on the fight over Planned Parenthood in West Texas, Aaronson maps the holes in the state's health care provider network, M. Smith on who might be the next Texas education commissioner, Ramshaw on social media sabotage, Hamilton and Ramshaw on the reaction to news of job insecurity for UT-Austin's president and Grissom on a knickers-twisting historical marker: The best of our best content from May 7 to 11, 2012.

In part two of "Fertile Ground," our occasional series on the battle over family planning, we go to West Texas to look at a fight that has centered on Planned Parenthood.

On this week's podcast, Ross, Emily, Morgan and Ben weigh the recent resignation of Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott and the back-and-forth court rulings on Planned Parenthood and the Women's Health Program.

The Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas merger makes the organization leaner and more efficient, advocates say. But they also hope it helps them defend their branches from intensifying anti-abortion legislation.

Attorney General Greg Abbott defends the lawsuits he has pending against the federal government amid criticism that he's wasting taxpayer money, reports Ted Oberg of Houston's KTRK-TV, a media partner of the Trib.