DAY 14 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: Despite making deep cuts across the state’s budget, lawmakers increased funding for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy resource centers.
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Criminal Justice
Susan Combs: The TT Interview
The state comptroller talks about the flip in her position on abortion, the data breach at her agency this spring, what office she might seek next and how all of the politics of those subjects mix.
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Criminal Justice
Susan Combs: The TT Interview (audio)
Comptroller Susan Combs, on her agency’s data breach, her changed position on abortion, andher political future.
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Health care
Combs Switches, Says She Opposes Abortion
Comptroller Susan Combs has switched her position on abortion rights, from pro-choice to pro-life, she said in an interview with the Texas Tribune this morning.
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Health care
Video: Perry Says Fear of a Default Are Overblown
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he isn’t worried that a failure to increase the nation’s debt ceiling would trigger an economic catastrophe. He also says that it should be up to the states to decide whether abortion is illegal — or legal.
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Health care
Perry Says Default Fears Are Overblown
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he isn’t worried that a failure to increase the nation’s debt ceiling would trigger an economic catastrophe. He also says that it should be up to the states to decide whether abortion is illegal — or legal.
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Health care
Anti-Abortion Measure Targets Travis County
An amendment that conservative state lawmakers hoped would wipe out the only taxpayer-funded elective abortions in Texas ultimately might not do much at all.
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Visualizing Days of Lege Debate: Health Care
The Legislature passed several health-care related measures including the abortion sonogram bill, Medicaid cuts and a significant defunding of Planned Parenthood. Use this interactive to find what lawmakers said during the health care debates.
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Health care
Courtroom Battle Begins on Abortion Sonogram Law
Opposing legal teams presented arguments at the first courtroom hearing on Texas’ new abortion sonogram law on Wednesday, and U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said he hoped to rule by September on whether the measure could take effect.
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Health care
Perry Throws His Weight Around Lege and Comes Out a Winner
Gov. Rick Perry may or may not try to become the leader of what was once called the free world. In the meantime, he has cemented his reputation as one of the most powerful governors ever to walk the corridors of the Texas Capitol.
