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Texas Right to Life

Texas Lawmakers are Promoting ‘Anti-New York’ Bills to Limit Abortions

Governor Greg Abbott said there is “growing support for infanticide.” (There is not.)

by Sophie Novack

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The ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Bill Has 57 Authors. All but 3 of them Are Men.

by Vicky Camarillo

How Anti-Abortion Activists are Training Their ‘Next Generation of Pro-Life Leaders’

by Sophie Novack

Days After Supreme Court Ruling, State Data Shows Dramatic Drop in Abortions

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

An anti-abortion religious group claims that "ghost abortions" have had a significant detrimental impact on the American economy. Mar 25, 2016

Ghost Abortion Busters

Texas lawmakers' crusade against evidence-based research has made this anti-abortion pseudoscience too hot to touch.

by Andrea Grimes

Byron Cook and Debbie Riddle take their places among these "dishonorable" pro-life "frauds," according to Texas Right to Life. Feb 23, 2016

Who’s the ‘Life’ of the Party?

Anti-abortion infighting makes for mud-slinging Texas House races in the Republican primary.

by Andrea Grimes and Alexa Garcia-Ditta

David Daleiden, who founded a fradulent biomedical company as part of an anti-abortion operation, is facing second-degree felony charges for tampering with a government record. Jan 26, 2016

One Planned Parenthood Investigation Backfired. Here’s Why The Next Won’t.

by Andrea Grimes

Inside this month's print issue

In Texas Cities, Let a Hundred Mamdanis Bloom

Our state has long-term lessons to learn from the New York socialist’s rise.

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Planned Parenthood Jul 29, 2015

Fact-Finding Hearing Turns into Hours of Planned Parenthood Bashing

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

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