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Ken Paxton’s ‘Shoddy’ Prosecution of a Midwife Is Part of a Strategy to Expand His Power. Low-Income Houstonians Are Paying the Price.

Maria Margarita Rojas is the first healthcare provider charged for abortion care under Texas’ strict criminal ban. Her attorneys say the state has no evidence—yet her clinics remain shuttered.

by Mary Tuma

Keep Reading

The Ballad of Betty Rizzo

by Rachelle Meyer

Texas Legislature Passes ‘Bounty Hunter’ Ban on Abortion Pills

by Mary Tuma

Abortion Funds See Dwindling Donations as Demand and Cost Rise

by Mary Tuma

The women who organize the Plan C abortion pill information werbsite having an outdoor meeting on a patio picnic table. One is writing on a whiteboard. Mar 15, 2023

‘We Won’t Be Bullied’: Abortion Pill Website Fights Texas Censorship

Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary Plan C, now screening at SXSW, follows the ongoing fight to expand access to abortion medication.

by Sara Hutchinson

Doctor's office Mar 13, 2023

Abortion Training in Texas Is Vanishing

And traveling out of state won't fix it.

by Calli McMurray

Destiny Adams stands for a portrait outside of her shop, Tumbleweed + Sage Coffeehouse, in Wolfforth, TX on December 7, 2022. She's wearing a Tumbleweed + Sage t-shirt, which shows a beaver chewing on a branch, and the sky is a speckled with moody clouds behind her. Jan 25, 2023

Destiny Returns to Wolfforth

She left her conservative community to make a difference, only to find she could make the biggest impact at home.

by Andrew Logan

A group of reproductive rights proteters stand in front of the granite Texas capitol building, holding signs such as "Bans Off Our Bodies" and "We're Mad + We'll Vote!" Jul 11, 2022

Before ‘Roe’—and After

What criminalized abortion looked like in Texas before 1973, and what it may look like after 2022.

by Justin Miller and Michelle Pitcher

Lois is a Black woman with short, greying hair. She's standing outside in dappled sunlight, looking to the left, against a backdrop of a yellow home or other building. She's looking into the distance with a pensive expression. Jul 01, 2022

Pre-Roe, They Risked Their Lives to Control Their Destinies

Women reflect on the illegal abortion they received before the Supreme Court's 1973 decision—and their fears for the future.

by Paula Panich and Ilana Panich-Linsman

Apr 15, 2022

Why Was a Texas Woman Charged with Murder for a ‘Self-Induced’ Abortion? Officials Won’t Say.

by James Dobbins

Feb 08, 2019

Faith Groups: Texas ‘Ignored and Disrespected’ Religious Freedom in Passing Fetal Burial Law

The requirements “purportedly honor dignity of the unborn at the expense of the dignity of the women whose religious and personal freedom they curtail,” a collection of religious organizations wrote in a recent court filing.

by Sophie Novack

Apr 27, 2017

Abortion-Rights Advocates are Really Worried About Texas’ ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban

SB 4 will scare more immigrants away from accessing reproductive health care, critics say.

by Sophie Novack

The group behind this Austin billboard imploring the state not to write more falsehoods into a pre-abortion booklet says Reagan Outdoor Advertising wouldn't accept the word "abortion" in their ad. Aug 01, 2016

Pro-Choice Group: Billboard Company Refused ‘Abortion’ Ad

A repro rights group that opposes changes to Texas' pre-abortion booklet says they were told not use 'abortion' on a billboard.

by Andrea Grimes

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