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Team Mynar Wins Close Race in Texas Water Safari
Team Mynar, led by paddler Fred Mynar, won the Texas Water Safari over close second-place finisher Texas Flood in one of the most competitive in the event’s history.
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New in TribTalk: “Flesh-Eating” Bacteria Scares Overblown
While the news stories and photos of people inflicted with Vibrio vulnificus are certainly chilling, the chance of infection is extraordinarily low, writes Larry McKinney of Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Harte Research Institute.
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Health care
Here Are the Texas Abortion Clinics That Have Closed Since 2013
Though the Supreme Court on Monday handed Texas abortion providers a major victory by striking down the state’s most stringent abortion restrictions, House Bill 2 leaves behind a trail of shuttered clinics. Take a look.
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Politics
Analysis: Anti-Regulation Party in Texas Has a Strong Taste for Rules
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling against two key provisions of the state’s anti-abortion law was the latest setback for a band of Republicans who abhor regulatory constraints on business but who regularly try to control the behavior of individuals in Texas.
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The Brief: Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a victory to Texas abortion rights activists on Monday when it struck down two restrictions central to the state’s controversial 2013 abortion law.
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Health care
Vindication For Wendy Davis and “Unruly Mob”
Almost three years to the day after Wendy Davis held the Texas Senate floor in a filibuster against abortion restrictions that galvanized reproductive rights activists, vindication came Monday in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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New in TribTalk: Whole Woman’s Health on Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down key provisions of House Bill 2 doesn’t eliminate the burdens women carry in trying to access legal abortion in Texas, but it does considerably lighten the load, writes Andrea Ferrigno, corporate vice president of Whole Woman’s Health.
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U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Abortion Restrictions (Video)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Texas abortion providers a major victory by overturning Texas’ 2013 abortion restrictions. Abortion rights advocates cautiously celebrated the ruling.
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Health care
After Supreme Court Ruling, What’s Next for Abortion in Texas?
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that found a Texas anti-abortion law unconstitutional, state lawmakers here are already plotting a course for new rules that could limit the practice of abortion.
