Posted on · The law allows private citizens to sue anyone who performs or helps someone get an abortion after roughly six weeks. If successful, the plaintiff could be awarded at least $10,000.
Posted on · TPR’s Bonnie Petrie spoke with Makayla Montoya Frazier, founder of the Buckle Bunnies Fund, a group that helps fund abortions in Texas, about how this new law is impacting her work.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: What Texas' new abortion law means for the future, a hurricane prep pop quiz, living with colorblindness, and movie theaters inside The Loop -- where are they?
Posted on · Providers in Texas say they're worried abortion seekers having to travel far to access the procedure, and how those costs can add up.
Posted on · The ACLU, the Anti-Defamation League and others slammed the bills, which they say are unjust and make it harder to vote. Harris County leaders, meanwhile, say their reforms are the target.
Posted on · The Trump administration tried to "defund" Planned Parenthood and other groups through changes to the Title X family planning program. The Biden administration is proposing reversing those rules.
Posted on · Bills aimed at restricting access to abortions in Texas are moving quickly through the state Legislature.
Posted on · Texas officials cited a need to preserve medical supplies as a reason to crack down on abortions. A new study finds that many Texans left the state during this time seeking the procedure.
Posted on · In a letter to health officials, Planned Parenthood asked to be allowed to continue serving people insured through the program for low-income people "in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis facing Texas."
Posted on · The state had cited a misleading and highly edited video created by anti-abortion advocates in 2015 that purported to show Planned Parenthood officials selling fetal tissue.
Posted on · The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Texas can continue to ban abortions as COVID-19 continues to infect more people in the state.
Posted on · The state this week banned most abortions in the state as medically unnecessary as part of its coronavirus response.
Posted on · Texas moved to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid years ago after a highly-edited video from an anti-abortion group suggested abortion providers sold fetal tissue.
Posted on · Advocates on both sides of the abortion debate agree that the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy sets the stage for a battle over abortion rights unlike any in a generation.
Posted on · Richards steps down Tuesday, May 1, from the helm of Planned Parenthood