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Planned Parenthood

The Ballad of Betty Rizzo

An abortion story

by Rachelle Meyer

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Cecile Richards Isn’t Giving Up the Fight

by Mary Tuma

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by Delger Erdenesanaa

Texas Legislators Ask Biden Administration To Reinstate Planned Parenthood As Medicaid Provider

by Mary Tuma

The waiting room of Planned Parenthood in Waco. Since losing funding through the Women’s Health Program, this Planned Parenthood location relies on private donations and grants to help alleviate the cost for low-income clients. Oct 28, 2015

Texas Tackles Reweaving a Tangled Repro Health Safety Net Without Planned Parenthood

As Texas consolidates its multi-pronged family planning programs, doctors air their concerns about meeting patients' needs with limited resources.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Pro-choice protester holds a sign outside the Bank of America building in Austin: "I asked God, She's pro-choice." Oct 21, 2015

State: Two Planned Parenthood Affiliates Guilty by Association

by Andrea Grimes and Alexa Garcia-Ditta

A patient gets her blood pressure checked at the Waco Planned Parenthood. Oct 19, 2015

Texas to Cut Off Remaining Medicaid Funds for Thousands of Planned Parenthood Clients

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Planned Parenthood supporters and anti-abortion protesters hold signs outside the Bank of America building in downtown Austin. Oct 14, 2015

Austinites Shout Back at ‘Bank of Abortion’ Sidewalk Protest

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Ken Paxton mugshot Oct 08, 2015

Ken Paxton Just Sent His Dream List of Abortion Laws to the Lege

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Cecil Richards Planned Parenthood Sep 29, 2015

No Planned Parenthood? Get That Depo Shot at a Kids’ Clinic

by Andrea Grimes

Ted Cruz Sep 04, 2015

Cruz Courts Tea Party and Channels Trump in Kingwood

On the campaign trail outside Houston, Ted Cruz delivers a bombastic defense of anti-gay Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis

by Christopher Hooks

Ted Cruz Sep 02, 2015

In Houston, Ted Cruz Faults Obama for Cop Killings

Campaigning Cruz tries to rev up the Houston business class on crime, abortion and the impending loss of the entire Eastern Seaboard.

by Christopher Hooks

Ken Paxton Aug 31, 2015

That Sinking Feeling

Is indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton a political aberration or a symptom of a larger sickness?

by Christopher Hooks

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