Articles tagged: teen pregnancy
Despite GOP Support in House, Bill to Provide Contraception to Low-Income Teens Stalls in Senate
House Bill 800 would save the state millions, reduce confusion among providers and lower Texas’ high teen birth rate, supporters say.
Texas has one of the highest teen birth rates in the country, with almost 27,000 babies born to teen mothers in 2017, and the highest rate of repeat pregnancies...Read More
Expecting Care
How Texas is failing foster care kids and contributing to an alarming teen pregnancy rate.
by Rebecca Grant January 22, 2019 When Arianna walked into a church basement in Austin to take a free pregnancy test, she thought of it as a lark, a way to ...Read More
Senate Ed Chair Pushes Anti-Porn Program in Friendswood
The program, “Fight the New Drug,” is from a nonprofit in Utah that promised to deliver “peer reviewed research on how pornography affects the brain, affe...Read More
Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Family Planning Programs Face Cuts
In the latest politically motivated attack on Planned Parenthood, Texas is poised to lose millions in funding for teen pregnancy prevention, family planning ser...Read More
Bill Would Expand Birth Control Access for Teen Moms
A bill by Rep. Mary Gonzalez (D-Clint) would allow teenagers who have already had a child to get birth control without their parents’ permission....Read More