Texas’ near-total ban on abortions is sending patients out of state for the procedure. Advocates say many immigrants and women of color can’t leave, and that’s increasing the inequities their communities suffer.
Neelam Bohra
Neelam Bohra was a 2023-24 disability reporting fellow. Through a partnership with the National Center on Disability and Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and The New York Times, she covered accessibility issues affecting Texans. Neelam previously reported on labor policy for Politico, national culture for CNN Digital, and covered abortion, COVID-19 and the 2021 winter storm as a past fellow for The Texas Tribune.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Abortion providers and distraught patients confront stark realities of Texas’ new law
Texas’ strict new law sends patients scrambling for alternative ways to access abortion, including out-of-state clinics and “self-managed” procedures.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Texas law banning abortion as early as six weeks goes into effect as the U.S. Supreme Court takes no action
One abortion provider said it was “engulfed” in treating more than 100 patients at one clinic before the law took effect Wednesday.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Texas abortion law that bans procedure as early as six weeks set to go into effect after court cancels hearing, denies motions
Senate Bill 8 is poised to officially become law on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas extends pandemic benefits for families whose kids have lost access to free or reduced-price meals
Texas families with students relying on free or reduced-cost meals are eligible for a $375 payment in food aid. Families have until Sept. 13 to apply for aid from the 2020-21 school year.
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Foster Care in Texas
Texas foster care crisis worsens, with fast-growing numbers of children sleeping in offices, hotels, churches
Increased oversight and lack of funding mean hundreds of children spend their nights in hotels and churches and on office floors.
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Public Education
Texas families with students receiving free or reduced-price lunches could be eligible for up to $1,200 in food aid
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will allocate around $2.5 billion in food benefits to all eligible families. School districts will notify families about eligibility by June 2.
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Winter Storm 2021
Most of Lubbock will join the ERCOT grid this weekend
The city made plans to join the state’s main power grid in 2015. But some residents and leaders feel anxious about the move after February’s deadly winter storm.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Some Texas schools would be required to hang “In God We Trust” signs under measure nearing passage by lawmakers
The national motto would have to be hung in a “conspicuous place” in every building on the school’s campus — if someone donates the sign.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Despite high rate of teen pregnancies, Texas lawmakers unlikely to expand Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover birth control
Texas ranks ninth in the nation in teen pregnancy. But lawmakers have neglected to pass a bill expanding CHIP to cover contraceptives.
