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Health Care

Their Laws. Our Bodies.

Two years after the constitutional right to abortion was eliminated, what’s left of Texans’ reproductive rights is ambiguous.

by Shelby Tauber

Keep Reading

An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital

by Kathryn Jones

Clearing the Air

by Kit O'Connell

Documents Reveal ‘How to Defund Trans Pediatrics’ in Texas

by Kit O'Connell and Steven Monacelli

May 17, 2017

Texas Is Seeking Trump’s Approval of its Planned Parenthood Ban. Will Other States Follow?

A win for Texas could greenlight other states to kick the women's health provider out of Medicaid programs.

by Sophie Novack

Aug 31, 2016

Oil and Gas Smog Projected to Cause 140,000 Asthma Attacks in Kids

Emissions from the oil and gas industry will be responsible for a number of negative health effects in 2025, according to the environmental group Clean Air Task Force.

by Naveena Sadasivam

July 2016 issue state of texas zika virus Jul 01, 2016

State of Texas: How Zika Virus Could Slip Through Texas’ Health Safety Net

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Planned Parenthood Jun 08, 2016

After Texas Booted Planned Parenthood from HIV Program, County Replacement Hasn’t Performed a Single Test

Texas took a nearly 30-year-old HIV prevention contract away from Planned Parenthood in December, promising there’d be no gap in services.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

East Austin's Huston-Tillotson University is the first historically black college to house a federally qualified health clinic. May 11, 2016

East Austin Clinic Minds the Gap in Racial Health Disparities

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

A patient gets her blood pressure checked at the Waco Planned Parenthood. Apr 07, 2016

What Will Texas’ New Repro Health Safety Net Look Like?

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Apr 01, 2016

The Doctor is Out

Bowie had one last chance to save its community hospital. Then anti-tax activists launched their campaign.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Abortion patients in south and west Texas were hit hardest by clinic closures in the wake of the passage of Texas' omnibus anti-abortion law, HB 2. Mar 17, 2016

Report: Abortion in Texas Harder to Access, and More Costly, After HB 2

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

A special needs child reads at home. Sep 23, 2015

Court Hearing Highlights Callous Incompetence Behind Medicaid Therapy Cuts

by Christopher Hooks

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