Whole Woman’s Health announced late Wednesday that it is closing two abortion clinics — one in the Rio Grande Valley and another in Beaumont — as a result of strict abortion regulations passed by the Legislature last year.
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Becca Aaronson was the first product manager at the Tribune, where she worked from 2010 to 2018. As product manager, Becca managed the Tribune's website redesign, coordinates cross-departmental projects and conducted user research to improve reader experience. She previously worked on the Tribune's data visuals team as a developer and project manager, contributing to several award-winning investigative projects. She covered health care from 2012 to 2014, making waves with her coverage of women's health and the Wendy Davis abortion filibuster.
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Health care
Anti-Abortion Candidates Saw Strong Returns
In statewide races, Republicans who touted their stance against abortion — even when the offices they sought had little to do with the issue — saw strong primary night returns on Tuesday.
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Politics
Tough Competition in Senate Primaries
In a race that wasn’t decided until early Wednesday morning, state Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, lost to Republican primary challenger Donald Huffines. Other fiercely competitive Senate races went down to the wire.
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Cruz Lends a Hand to Campbell in SD-25 Race
In the competitive primary for SD-25, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has thrown his support to a fellow Tea Party favorite, Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels.
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The Politics of Prevention
Senators Revisit Efforts to Expand Women’s Health
The Senate Health and Human Services committee at a hearing on Thursday discussed Texas’ efforts to expand access to women’s health services across the state.
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Health care
Department Hopes Data Effort Will Help Reduce Child Deaths
The Department of Family and Protective Services has ramped up its efforts to conduct predictive data analysis and reduce the high turnover of CPS caseworkers, the agency’s commissioner told a panel of senators on Thursday.
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The Politics of Prevention
Senate Panel’s Hearing to Examine Progress on Women’s Health Services
State senators will hold a hearing Thursday to assess Texas’ efforts to expand access to women’s health services across the state. Abortion rights advocates say an essential issue has been left off the agenda.
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Energy
Visualization: Top 10 Texas Counties for Fracking Water Use
Explore how much water was used for oil-and-gas fracking operations in 10 Texas counties in 2012. In some counties, fracking water use in 2012 equaled at least half of the county’s entire water usage in 2011.
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Health care
Advocates Release Maps of ACA Enrollment Efforts
To help uninsured Texans find coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the Get Covered America campaign is targeting Texas neighborhoods with a high rate of residents without health insurance.
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Interactive: A Look at Texas’ Uninsured, ACA Enrollment
UPDATED: For more than a decade, Texas has maintained the highest rate of people without health insurance in the nation. To help measure the impact of Affordable Care Act enrollment efforts, this interactive provides context on Texas’ uninsured population.
