Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling allowing some Texas abortion clinics to remain open, the Texas Department of State Health Services said on Thursday that doctors performing abortions must still obtain admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Sophia Bollag
In State’s Premarital Counseling Program, Few Options for Gay Couples
Many of the providers in a state program that gives engaged Texans a discount on a marriage license if they take a premarital counseling course do not plan to open up the classes to same-sex couples.
Ceremonies and Celebration as Marriages Begin
Texas couples began impromptu weddings in Travis County and others following Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states.
Texas Counties’ Responses to Marriage Ruling Vary
Elated couples across Texas hurried into county clerks’ offices Friday to apply for marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.


