Articles tagged: jeff leach
‘Lies into Laws’: Texas House Passes ‘Born Alive’ Anti-Abortion Bill Despite Protest
“The aim of HB 16 is clear: further stigmatize abortion, misinform the public, intimidate physicians and interfere with women’s ability to seek medical care,” said state Representative Donna Howard.
As the Texas House voted on the first anti-abortion bill to make it to the floor this session, advocates rolled down a banner above the board displaying lawmake...Read More
Texas Lawmakers are Promoting ‘Anti-New York’ Bills to Limit Abortions
Governor Greg Abbott said there is “growing support for infanticide.” (There is not.)
Conservative Texas lawmakers are seizing on inflammatory and inaccurate national rhetoric around abortions later in pregnancy in an effort to drum up anti-abort...Read More
Dead Squirrels, Kids with Guns and Chuck Norris: The 2016 Texas Primary Field, in Photos
Does she think my tractor's electable?
The basics: we analyzed 464 photos from 198 candidates. We didn’t pull photos from incumbents who aren’t being challenged. We only pulled relatively recent ...Read More
Democratic Hopefuls Brave Far-Right Prestonwood Baptist
‘I will not eat your souls,’ one aspiring lefty state representative advised the conservative congregation.
After hosting six GOP presidential hopefuls in October, Prestonwood’s newly formed “Culture Impact Team” staged a forum Monday for local and state candida...Read More
‘American Laws for American Courts’ Proposals Met with Skepticism
Some state lawmakers are concerned that American courts may not follow American laws. There’s no evidence of, say, Swedish common law creeping into the Texas ...Read More
Conservative Veterans Slap Down Tea Party Freshmen In Budget Fight
The budget debate turned out to be much less contentious than last session. Conservative veterans scolded Tea Party freshmen hoping to make more cuts....Read More
Texas Survey Finds Overwhelming Support for Birth Control Access, Opposition to Family Planning Cuts
Are Texas Republicans wildly out of step with most of their constituents when it comes to family planning, birth control and sex ed?...Read More