Posted on · Research shows that 40% of Texans are uncertain about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Now, Harris County is launching a media campaign aimed at building awareness of the vaccine's efficacy and safety.
Posted on · Texas lawmakers in recent years have successfully changed several regulations surrounding abortion in the state. Houston Matters discusses what could be next in the ongoing battle over abortion in Texas.
Posted on · Senator John McCain cast the decisive no vote on the McConnell bill the "Skinny Repeal" bill, making it another failed attempt for the GOP to reform the Health Care Bill, What's Next?
Posted on · It's been nearly a year (June 27, 2016) since the US Supreme Court struck down two provisions of a Texas law regulating abortion. The clinic at the center of the case in Austin is reopening to patients for the first time in three years, the first to do so since Texas' House Bill 2 forced […]
Posted on · Last week (Aug. 22, 2016), U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of Texas ruled the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education exceeded their authority when they applied Title IX’s ban on gender discrimination in public schools to policies regarding transgender students’ use of facilities, like locker rooms and bathrooms. The federal agencies had concluded — and […]
Posted on · The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans Tuesday upheld nearly all of the provisions in a controversial law which could leave fewer than ten health clinics in Texas that provide abortions. The three judge panel upheld House Bill 2‘s requirements for such facilities to meet the standards of hospital-style surgical […]
Posted on · The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans Tuesday upheld nearly all of the provisions in a controversial law which could leave fewer than ten health clinics in Texas that provide abortions. The three judge panel upheld House Bill 2‘s requirements for such facilities to meet the standards of hospital-style surgical […]