Anti-abortion advocates in Texas championed a string of successful measures in the 2011 Texas legislative session. For the upcoming 2013 session, they are trying to up the ante.
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Bill Renews Debate Over Rural Access to Abortion
If a new anti-abortion measure filed by Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, passes in the upcoming legislative session, women in remote corners of the state may have even fewer options to get the procedure.
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Texas Checkpoints Deter Illegal Immigrants Seeking Later Abortions
Women in the Rio Grande Valley who are seeking a second-trimester abortion must travel several hours north to access the procedure. Illegal immigrants face an additional hurdle: getting past internal checkpoints.
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State Leaders Split With GOP Ticket on Abortion
Texas’ Republican leaders believe that abortion should not be performed in instances of rape — a stance that is at odds with a prospective Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan presidential administration.
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Weekend Insider: Suspicious Abortion Pills
Reporter Thanh Tan takes us to South Texas where the lack of womens health is forcing pregnant woman to cross the border for in search of alternatives.
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Medical Groups Oppose Women’s Health Program Rule
A proposed state rule that would prohibit doctors in Texas’ Women’s Health Program from discussing the option of abortion with their patients — even if the patient asks about it — has drawn the opposition of Texas medical groups.
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Summer Camp Focuses on Fight Against Abortion
A two-week summer camp outside of Bryan helps high school students learn how to become effective anti-abortion advocates. Counselors teach campers to adopt a gentler, compassion-based form of persuasion.
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Weekend Insider: Which Endorsements Matter, Anti-Abortion Camp
Coming up in the Trib and The New York Times: Whose endorsements really make a difference for candidates? And we follow a group of teens at an anti-abortion summer camp.
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Video Series: The State of Family Planning in Texas
From the evolution of state and federally subsidized contraception to the battle over Planned Parenthood to the cost of unplanned pregnancies, this six-part series is the most comprehensive look yet at the politics of reproductive health in Texas.
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Could HHSC Face a Public Ed-Sized Leadership Void?
First, the state’s Medicaid director announced he was retiring. Now, Health and Human Services chief Tom Suehs says he hasn’t decided whether he will quit in August. Will HHSC rival public education for next session’s biggest leadership void?
