Tag Archives: HB 2
New Bill Aims to Make Abortion a Felony in Texas
Republicans are emerging from behind the thin veil of "women's health" with a bill that would criminalize abortion. Experts say it is unconstitutional.
Republicans are emerging from behind a thin veil of "women's health" with a bill that would criminalize abortion. Experts say it is unconstitutional....Read More
The Texas Miracle #23: She Fought the Law — and the Law Lost
Meet the Brooklynite who took on Texas' anti-abortion regulations, and won. Plus: The latest on campus carry and the ethics of 2016 election coverage.
Meet thirtysomething Brooklynite Stephanie Toti, who took on Texas' anti-abortion regulations, and won. Plus: The latest on campus carry and the 2016 vote....Read More
State of Texas: Abortion Access, by the Numbers
By the numbers: Texans are getting fewer abortions and being forced to delay procedures until later in pregnancy, even after SCOTUS struck parts of HB 2....Read More
Abbott’s Back Alley Abortion Politics are a Texas Tradition
If lawmakers don't get the abortion restrictions they want from the Lege, they boss the health department around instead.
If Texas lawmakers don't get the abortion restrictions they want during the Lege session, they just boss the state health department around instead....Read More
Days After Supreme Court Ruling, State Data Shows Dramatic Drop in Abortions
Texas Latinas were disproportionately affected by restrictions in the state's anti-abortion law.
Data the health department was reluctant to release vindicates abortion providers who said anti-abortion regs would disproportionately affect Texas Latinas....Read More
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-Abortion Law
As it unfolded: the day the Supreme Court issued the most important ruling on reproductive rights in a generation, striking down Texas' abortion law.
The Texas Observer staff liveblogs as we wait for — and report on — what could be the biggest ruling on reproductive rights in a generation....Read More
The Texas Miracle #10: The Day That Shook the Capitol (Literally)
Take a walk down memory lane (in pink sneakers) and remember Wendy Davis' epic filibuster with the former senator herself — and a cast of tearful Texans.
As we await a SCOUTUS ruling on Texas' anti-abortion law, Wendy Davis takes us on a walk in pink sneakers down memory lane, remembering her 2013 filibuster....Read More
With More Texans Traveling for Abortions, Meet the Woman Who Gets Them There
With more Texans traveling out of state for abortions thanks to HB 2, a patchwork of nonprofits, like Fund Texas Choice, are helping arrange logistics....Read More
Abortion Providers Anxious for ‘Era of Uncertainty’ to End
A SCOTUS ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the case against Texas' restrictive abortion law, could come within weeks or, possibly, days....Read More