How to get birth control and emergency contraception in Texas
Contraception options are available through most health insurance plans and government-funded clinics. Full Story
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Gov. Abbott to abortion opponents: “All of you are life savers”
Abbott lauded the efforts of the anti-abortion movement after a landmark year for opponents of the procedure. Full Story
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![Hundreds of people march in downtown Austin during the Texas Rally for Life event at the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 28, 2023.]()
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Texas state court throws out lawsuit against doctor who violated abortion law
The court’s ruling does not overturn the 2021 law, which banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. It also does not impact the near-total ban on abortion that went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Full Story
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![Dr. Alan Braid, abortion provider and owner of Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio, sits in his office for a portrait on June 14, 2022.]()
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Abortion helped Democrats across the U.S. hold off a “red wave.” Not in Texas.
In conservative Kansas and Kentucky, voters turned out in droves and crossed party lines to support abortion access. In Texas — where candidates, not issues, were on the ballot — there was no such surge in support. Full Story
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![Demonstrators march against the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which virtually bans abortion in the state of Texas, on June 24, 2022.]()
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As abortion access evaporates, many Texans aren’t able to find care, new studies show
Several new studies show that not everyone denied access to abortions in Texas can travel out of state, but more people than ever before are seeking ways to self-manage abortions with medication at home. Full Story
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![A sign duct-taped to the front of Houston Women’s Clinic says the clinic is no longer providing abortions after the Supreme Court’s decision on June 24, 2022.]()
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Texas Supreme Court weighs whether to dismiss abortion funds’ defamation case against anti-abortion activist
Several abortion funds have sued anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson, who called them “criminal organizations,” for defamation. Full Story
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![Mark Lee Dickson speaks during a worship service at New Hope Church in Abilene on Dec. 12, 2021, calling on the audience to sign the petition to add the abortion ban ordinance on the ballot next election. “There’s coming a day here in Abilene that we’re going to see Abilene become a sanctuary city for the unborn,” he said. “There are going to be a lot of unborn children leaping in their mothers’ wombs at that decision.”]()
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Texas Republicans in tight races open to rape and incest exceptions to abortion ban
In some battleground state legislative races, Republicans have been making overtures to those who believe the ban as too extreme. They have said they are open to revising the ban to include the exceptions — and even voiced confidence that the Legislature will do so when it reconvenes in January. Full Story
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![People rallying for abortion rights march down Congress Avenue in Austin on May 3, 2022.]()
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Leading anti-abortion group drops support of Texas lawmaker after he pledges to support exceptions for rape
Other anti-abortion groups and Republicans said they will continue to support state Sen. Robert Nichols after his comments at The Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
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![State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, speaks at a panel moderated by Tribune political reporter James Barragán at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 23, 2022.]()
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How Texas’ abortion laws turned a heartbreaking fetal diagnosis into a cross-country journey
“It was just a matter of time before the baby died, or maybe I’d have to go through the trauma of carrying to term knowing I wasn’t bringing a baby home,” said 27-year-old Lauren Hall. “I couldn’t do that.” Full Story
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![Lauren Hall stands for a portrait in the room that would have been her child’s in her home on September 10, 2022. Hall had a non-viable pregnancy and had to leave the state in order to terminate, revealing gaps in the state's miscarriage exception after Roe v. Wade was overturned.]()
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Video: As San Antonio abortion clinic closes, its director worries about who is left behind
In August, movers arrived at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services to help the abortion clinic pack up for a move out of state. Full Story
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![A few pieces of medical equipment are all that remain to be packed up inside the Alamo Women's Reproductive Service's Clinic in San Antonio on July 29, 2022. The clinic is closing its doors and moving to Carbondale, Illinois and Albuquerque, New Mexico to provide services there.]()
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“I would wish this on absolutely no one”: How three women dealt with pregnancy in the year since Texas’ six-week abortion ban
The Texans expressed anger, sorrow, frustration and fear in discussing their experiences after state lawmakers approved one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws in 2021. Full Story
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Watch: Volunteer acompañantes in Mexico aid at-home abortions. Their network is expanding to Texas.
In parts of Mexico where abortion has not been legalized, women rely on volunteer networks to provide medication and emotional support for at-home abortions. As access to abortion is shut down in Texas, similar networks are being built in the U.S. Full Story
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![Sandra Cardona left, and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, pose for a photo at their home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. They are part of the network “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.]()
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Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine
Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield. Full Story
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![Police formed a line to prevent protesters from walking down Third Street at a rally for abortion rights in Austin on June 26, 2022.]()
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Biden administration can’t force Texas hospitals to provide emergency abortions, judge rules
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had said hospitals in states with abortion bans must perform emergency abortions in some instances. Full Story
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![Demonstrators march against the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which virtually bans abortion in the state of Texas, on June 24, 2022.]()
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Watch: Why some Texas churches support access to reproductive health care despite the state’s abortion ban
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, some faith leaders in Texas rallied in favor of abortion access and offer supportive spiritual counsel for those who have sought abortion. Full Story
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A West Texas coffee shop owner is giving away Plan B for free as fight over contraception access takes hold
Last May, Lubbock became the biggest city in Texas to ban abortion within city limits. Now, with abortion outlawed throughout the Lone Star State, the fight over reproductive rights is taking a new turn. Full Story
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![Destiny Adams unpacks newly received Plan B test kits in her Tumbleweed + Sage Coffee Shop in Wolfforth, TX. Adams keeps a stock of the test kits so her customers can easily find the tests.]()
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Not 1925: Texas’ law banning abortion dates to before the Civil War
The restriction, which was revived after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, was put in place amid concerns about declining white birth rates and as the medical profession formalized. Full Story
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![Protesters marched from the federal courthouse to the state Capitol in opposition of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade in downtown Austin on June 24, 2022.]()
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Can adoption replace abortion? Experts say it’s a lot more complicated than it sounds
Experts on adoption and abortion say lawmakers must work to provide financial and mental health support to birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees in order to make the adoption process a better option for those with unwanted pregnancies. Full Story
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Abortion should be permitted in cases of rape and incest, around 80% of Texas voters say in UT poll
Polling from the Texas Politics Project finds registered voters opinions’ on abortion are at odds with Texas laws. Full Story
![A few pieces of medical equipment are all that remain to be packed up inside the Alamo Women's Reproductive Service's Clinic in San Antonio on July 29, 2022. The clinic is closing its doors and moving to Carbondale, Illinois and Albuquerque, New Mexico to provide services there.]()
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Volunteer networks in Mexico aid at-home abortions without involving doctors or clinics. They’re coming to Texas.
Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive “accompaniment” system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States. Full Story
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![Sandra Cardona, sits during a meeting at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Sandra and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.
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Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare
The state’s abortion law brings a new layer of obstacles for Texas women with complicated pregnancies. Full Story
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![Elizabeth and James Weller at their home in Houston two months after losing their baby girl due to a premature rupture of membranes. Elizabeth could not receive the medical care she needed until several days later because of a Texas law that banned abortion after six weeks.]()
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