In Part 4 of the Tribune’s series on family planning, we take a closer look at how abortion has shifted public policy in Texas in recent years — and where the political battle may be headed next.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans Stand Behind Death Penalty
Texans favor the death penalty, even with the alternative of life without parole. They are also nominally in favor of abortion rights and are more likely than not to favor medically assisted suicide for terminal patients.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
E. Smith interviews Dan Patrick about John Carona, Root on the race to replace Ron Paul, Batheja on a nest of open House seats in Tarrant County, Aguilar on a border brawl over a congressional seat in El Paso, Tan on the fight over Planned Parenthood in West Texas, Aaronson maps the holes in the state’s health care provider network, M. Smith on who might be the next Texas education commissioner, Ramshaw on social media sabotage, Hamilton and Ramshaw on the reaction to news of job insecurity for UT-Austin’s president and Grissom on a knickers-twisting historical marker: The best of our best content from May 7 to 11, 2012.
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Time Running Out for Women’s Health Providers
The clock is ticking for reproductive health clinics that are affiliated with abortion providers — the state will force Planned Parenthood and others like them out of the Women’s Health Program early next month.
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Video: Texas vs. Planned Parenthood Fight Goes On
In part two of “Fertile Ground,” our occasional series on the battle over family planning, we go to West Texas to look at a fight that has centered on Planned Parenthood.
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Judge’s Reversal Gives State Go-Ahead to Exclude Planned Parenthood Clinics
A federal judge’s ruling this morning means that the state may begin removing Planned Parenthood and other so-called abortion “affiliates” from the Women’s Health Program, despite a district judge’s Monday ruling to the contrary.
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Video: Fertile Ground — The Effects of Family Planning Budget Cuts
The first part in our occasional series examining the battle over family planning in Texas considers the impact of lawmakers’ orders to reduce spending on birth control and cancer screenings. A UT-Austin research group is beginning to track the fallout.
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State Government
Gilberto Hinojosa: The TT Interview
The former county judge on why he’s running for chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, what would pull the party out of the doldrums and what he thinks of the Republicans.
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Health care
In Planned Parenthood Merger, Efficiency is the Name of the Game
The Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas merger makes the organization leaner and more efficient, advocates say. But they also hope it helps them defend their branches from intensifying anti-abortion legislation.
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Health care
Planned Parenthood Branches Vote to Merge
UPDATED: The boards of three regional Planned Parenthood branches — North Texas, Central Texas and the Capital Region — have voted to merge, forming a $29 million-per-year mega-organization with 26 clinics.
