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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

Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.

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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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