Mere days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted of the House’s impeachment charges, two county GOP’s are supporting the censure of Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan. On Monday, the Harris County GOP and Dallas County GOP both voted to support a...
Ten San Antonio City council members voted to force taxpayers to pay the travel expenses of women seeking an abortion outside of Texas. With 10 voting in favor and one abstaining, the council approved the ‘Reproductive Justice Fund,’ which will distribute money to...
After a state district judge in Travis County granted a temporary injunction on Texas’ abortion ban, thereby allowing some abortions to be performed, the Office of the Texas Attorney General has filed an appeal to block the order. In the appeal, the state notes...
After the Department of Defense began allowing service members to be reimbursed for abortion procedures, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson has successfully passed an amendment that would do away with the practice. Jackson and more than 70 co-sponsors added the amendment to the...
Approximately one year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Mayday Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women find resources for surgical and chemical abortions, has opened up a pop-up information store in Bastrop. Launched on June 23, the store...
A Texas-based abortion fund, Jane’s Due Process, has been sponsoring out-of-state abortions for Texas teens under 18. In a post on Twitter, the organization states they began the process in May and in just one month, processed “30 intakes.” On May 1st we started...
Eight more women have joined a lawsuit against Texas, claiming that the state’s abortion law endangered their lives. The Center for Reproductive Rights first filed the lawsuit in March 2023 on behalf of five women and two obstetrician-gynecologists who claimed that...
Legislation empowering the Texas attorney general to prosecute election crimes and the state’s abortion ban is advancing after receiving the approval of the Senate Jurisprudence Committee. Senate Bill 1195 by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R–Mineola) is being proposed in...
Texas House members have approved legislation that would force district attorneys to think twice about turning a blind eye to certain crimes under the guise of “prosecutorial discretion.” Passed by a vote of 97-51, House Bill 17 by State Rep. David Cook (R-Mansfield)...
As the May 6 elections draw closer, San Antonio’s citizens will have to decide their stance on a controversial city charter amendment. Proposition A—known as the “Justice Charter”—would decriminalize abortion crimes, Class A and Class B marijuana possession, and theft...
After a controversial ruling allowing Texas abortion funds to continue to support women seeking out-of-state abortions, a new ruling has halted the Food and Drug Administration from approving an abortion-inducing drug. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled in...
After the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade last year, a new ruling from U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman says that Texas cannot enforce its ban on out-of-state abortions. In August 2022, reproductive rights groups such as the Lilith Fund, Texas Equal...
In the first recorded vote of the day, members of the Texas House voted to add $80 million to the state’s Alternatives to Abortion program. This move nearly doubled the funding for the program, increasing it to a total of $200 million over two years. The amendment’s...
In response to the increase of illegal abortion drug trafficking into Texas, legislation has been filed in the Texas House of Representatives holding abortion pill manufacturers and distributors accountable for wrongful deaths of women and children. Although the lives...
After 50 years in the abortion business, the Dallas-based Southwestern Women’s Center closed their doors permanently on March 2, 2023. It was the largest abortion business in the city. With Roe v. Wade being overturned last year, the center’s owner, Dr. Curtis Boyd,...
Ahead of a federal lawsuit banning chemical abortions, two rallies have already taken place in downtown Amarillo. One rally was held by pro-abortion groups, while the other was held by Texas pro-life groups. In the case, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food...
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June, the Dallas City Council has made it their mission to make the city a “sanctuary city for abortion.” Now, a coalition of Texas lawmakers are calling on the attorney general to step in. Thirty days after the Supreme Court...
With the federal government attempting to advance abortion access, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration directly and joining in another lawsuit. The Biden administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,...
Nearly two dozen state attorneys general are fighting the Biden administration’s move to ease restrictions on abortion drugs. In signing the letter calling the actions of the Food and Drug Administration “illegal” and “dangerous,” Texas Attorney General Ken...
Two Texas lawmakers are teaming up to rein in rogue district attorneys who refuse to enforce the law. State Rep. David Cook (R–Mansfield) and State Sen. Tan Parker (R–Flower Mound) partnered together to file House Bill 1350 and Senate Bill 378, which would permit the...
