On Friday, a student-organized rally on the University of Texas at Austin campus applauded reforms intended to increase access to birth control for women. Counterprotesters responded with their own anti-birth control message.
Thanh Tan
Thanh Tan was a multimedia reporter/producer for the Tribune from 2011 to 2012. She previously worked at Idaho Public Television, a PBS station that serves a statewide audience. While there, she was an Emmy award-winning producer/reporter/host for the longest-running legislative public affairs program in the West, Idaho Reports, moderator of The Idaho Debates, and a writer/producer for the flagship series Outdoor Idaho. Prior to joining IdahoPTV, she was a general assignment reporter at the ABC affiliate in Portland, Oregon. and a political reporter for KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho. Her work has also appeared on the PBS NewsHour and This American Life. She graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with degrees in International Relations and Broadcast Journalism.
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Video: How Late Texas Primary Could Affect Voters, Candidates
Federal judges have set May 29 as a tentative state primary date. The Tribune’s Thanh Tan explains what that date could mean for candidates, voters and the election process.
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Weekend Insider: Ads on School Property, Tobacco-Free Universities
Morgan Smith on the placement of ads on school property and Reeve Hamilton on the possibility that some Texas universities will go tobacco-free.
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Senator Leading Charge for Austin Medical School
State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, is on a mission to build a standalone medical school in Austin, and he’s taking an unconventional route to get there.
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Video: The Komen-Planned Parenthood Fall Out
The Trib’s Thanh Tan talks to Editor Emily Ramshaw about the ongoing battle over women’s health in Texas.
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Video: In Fox Interview, Perry Says He’s Open to Running Again
Rick Perry told a Fox News correspondent that he regrets not getting into the race “substantially sooner.”
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Video: Abortion Opponents React to Komen Reversal
Abortion opponents say they’re disappointed by Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s decision to reverse its policy of prohibiting grants to Planned Parenthood.
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Komen Will Continue Funding Planned Parenthood
In a dramatic reversal on Friday, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced it will continue funding breast exams at Planned Parenthood clinics.
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Legislators: Komen Decision Could Affect ’13 Session
Legislators and abortion opponents cheered the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s original decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Updated: Komen, Planned Parenthood CEOs Speak Out in TV Interviews
Susan G. Komen for the Cure CEO Nancy Brinker and Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards — both native Texans — are speaking out about the breakup of two of the nation’s most iconic women’s health organizations.