Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Women’s Health Program Appears FinishedFeb 21, 2012
Update (Thursday, Feb. 23. 11:40 a.m.): Texas health officials apparently have chosen to end their participation in the Women’s Health Program, which pays for [...] Full Story
Future of Women’s Health Program Still in DoubtFeb 21, 2012
State health officials will soon have to decide which is more important: Providing health care to poor Texas women or punishing Planned Parenthood? The [...] Full Story
For Women’s Health in Texas, a Week of Mixed EmotionsAug 31, 2011
Just two days before the Texas Legislature’s new laws take effect, pro-choicers across the state got some good news—the infamous sonogram law can’t be [...] Full Story
Women’s Health Program At Risk AgainAug 26, 2011
UPDATE, Aug. 29: The Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s definition of abortion “affiliate” was published Friday afternoon in the Texas Register (link here). [...] Full Story
The Baddest BillsJun 13, 2011
Every legislative session, Texas Observer reporters scour for the stupidest, funniest, slap-your-forehead ridiculous and downright unconstitutional bills proposed by Texas lawmakers. We chronicle these [...] Full Story

Women’s Health Program Appears FinishedFeb 21, 2012
Update (Thursday, Feb. 23. 11:40 a.m.): Texas health officials apparently have chosen to end their participation in the Women’s Health Program, which pays for [...] Full Story
Future of Women’s Health Program Still in DoubtFeb 21, 2012
State health officials will soon have to decide which is more important: Providing health care to poor Texas women or punishing Planned Parenthood? The [...] Full Story
The Baddest BillsJun 13, 2011
Every legislative session, Texas Observer reporters scour for the stupidest, funniest, slap-your-forehead ridiculous and downright unconstitutional bills proposed by Texas lawmakers. We chronicle these [...] Full Story
Women’s Health Program Has New LifeMay 26, 2011
THE 2011 MOLLY PRIZE WINNERS WINNER Jeff Sharlet is the author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy (Little, Brown), The Family: [...] Full Story
Bill Addresses Backlog of Untested Rape KitsMay 26, 2011
Almost immediately after a woman is raped, she must endure the invasive and often humiliating process through which evidence is collected. In most cases, [...] Full Story