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Articles tagged: crisis pregnancy centers

A patient gets her blood pressure checked at the Waco Planned Parenthood.

by Andrea Grimes

Crisis Pregnancy Center Among Texas Repro Health Contractors

Tue, Sep 6, 2016 |

According to state documents, an anti-abortion group plans to dole out part of a $1.6 million reproductive services contract to a crisis pregnancy center....Read More

Planned Parenthood

by Andrea Grimes

Anti-Abortion Group Set to Receive Sizeable State Contract for Women’s Health Services

Wed, Aug 10, 2016 |

The Heidi Group's founder says abortion providers may dump HIV into the water supply via fetal tissue. The nonprofit received a $1.6 million state contract....Read More

Reproductive rights supporters wear hospital gowns and carry signs reading "I support Jane."

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

The Year of Uterus Versus Them

In Texas, things can always get worse when it comes to reproductive health. And in 2015, they did.

Wed, Dec 16, 2015 |

In 2013, when the Texas Legislature passed one of country’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws, I wondered if we’d ever see a more destructive year for rep...Read More

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

House to Debate Women’s Health Funding

Mon, Mar 30, 2015 |

The House version of the budget, which hits the floor Tuesday for what’s likely to be a spirited debate over funding for state programs, includes approximatel...Read More

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Budget Rider Nearly Doubles Funding for Alternatives to Abortion Program

Thu, Mar 12, 2015 |

The House Appropriations Committee approved a budget rider Thursday that would add an additional $4 million per year to the Alternatives to Abortion program, w...Read More

Perry’s “Fetal Pain” Bill Probably Wouldn’t Prevent Fetal Pain, Would Close Abortion Clinics

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

There’s always womb for Rick Perry. On Tuesday, he alighted at The Source For Women, a crisis pregnancy center in Houston whose opening ribbon he cut in Septe...Read More

by Carolyn Jones

Pregnant? Scared? Can They Help?

The rise of crisis pregnancy centers and the abortion-alternative industry in Texas.

Tue, Dec 11, 2012 |

As $26.3 million in taxpayer money funds the ‘abortion alternatives’ industry, dogma drowns reason and hurts vulnerable women too. ...Read More

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