Skip to content

The Texas Observer

Since 1954

  • Get the Magazine
  • Donate
  • Digital Library
  • Sections
  • About
  • The Magazine
  • Support
  • The MOLLY Awards
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Digital Library
  • Toggle Search Search icon
  • Sections

    • Border and Immigration
    • Civil Rights
    • Criminal Justice
    • Culture
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Extremism
    • Housing
    • Indigenous Affairs
    • Labor
    • Loon Star State
    • Politics
    • Public Health
    • Reviews
    • Rural Texas
    • Photo Essays
    • Poetry
  • About

    • About the Observer
    • Staff
    • The Texas Democracy Foundation
    • Leak to the Observer
    • Work for the Texas Observer
    • Syndication
  • The Magazine

    • Get the Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Library
  • Support

    • Donate
    • Become a Member
    • Legacy Giving
    • Member Portal
  • The MOLLY Awards

    • About the MOLLYs
    • Get Tickets to the Gala
    • Sponsor a Gala Table
    • Apply for the Molly Awards
  • Search

Socials

  • Find the Texas Observer on Facebook
  • Find the Texas Observer on Twitter
  • Find the Texas Observer on Instagram
  • Find the Texas Observer on Mastodon
  • Find the Texas Observer on Bluesky

Collateral Damage

Critics of new abortion regulations at the Senate hearing.

Perry’s Special Session: A Cruel Summer for Abortion Rights

by Carolyn Jones

Keep Reading

‘Everything Is Gone’: Family-Planning Clinics Disappear From Rural Texas

by Carolyn Jones

Pregnant? Scared? Can They Help?

by Carolyn Jones

Texas Women’s Health Advocates to Bypass State in Bid for Federal Funds

by Carolyn Jones

Oct 19, 2012

Texas Women’s Health Program to launch Nov. 1

Planned Parenthood is out of the program and state says the market will rapidly replace them. But watch out for the poison pill clause.

by Carolyn Jones

A Nightmare Scenario for Women’s Health

By excluding Planned Parenthood from the Women’s Health Program, Rick Perry has intensified Texas’ family planning crisis

by Carolyn Jones

One Year Later, Cuts to Women’s Health Have Hurt More Than Just Planned Parenthood

More than 60 family planning clinics forced to close—only 12 belonged to Planned Parenthood. Critics say conservative lawmakers are ‘throwing the baby out with the bath water.’

by Carolyn Jones

Inside this month's print issue

‘Riding Shotgun’

The Observer has forayed into podcasting with the story of the dubious capital conviction of Charles Flores.

Keep Reading

The Magazine

The politics of abortion rights is becoming personal with Texas' sonogram law Mar 15, 2012

‘We Have No Choice’: One Woman’s Ordeal with Texas’ New Sonogram Law

The painful decision to terminate a pregnancy is now—thanks to Texas' harsh new law—just the beginning of the torment.

by Carolyn Jones

  • Find the Texas Observer on Facebook
  • Find the Texas Observer on Twitter
  • Find the Texas Observer on Instagram
  • Find the Texas Observer on Mastodon
  • Find the Texas Observer on Bluesky

Sections

  • Border and Immigration
  • Civil Rights
  • Criminal Justice
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Eye on Texas
  • Extremism
  • Housing
  • Indigenous Affairs
  • Labor
  • Loon Star State
  • Politics
  • Public Health
  • Rural Texas
  • Reviews
  • Photo Essays
  • Poetry

About

  • About the Observer
  • Staff
  • The Texas Democracy Foundation
  • Republish Us (Syndication)
  • Work for the Texas Observer
  • The Molly National Journalism Prize

The Magazine

  • Get the Magazine
  • Archives
  • Where to Find the Texas Observer
  • Digital Library

Contact

  • Contacts List
  • Leak to the Observer
  • Pitch to the Texas Observer

Support

  • Donate
  • Become a Member
  • Legacy Giving
  • Member Portal

Events

  • RSVP

Get the newsletter

Sign up for The Lede

Get the stories you need to know about each week. Delivered every Sunday.

Sign Up Now

© 2026 The Texas Observer. All rights reserved. Site made in collaboration with CMYK.

Privacy Policy • Terms and Conditions