Public Health

Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi

Stubbornly unrealistic assessments of the region’s reservoir system turned this year’s drought conditions into an emergency.

The increase reverses a 15-year trend. And unwanted pregnancies will rise, researchers predict.

Representative Jasmine Crockett warns of another Trump presidency on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

Hint: The Legislature could give us the chance if it wanted.

The same researchers found that the mortality rate for Black babies was more than twice that of white ones.

Doctors warn that limiting access to abortion will be dangerous, but changes to maternal mortality can be hard to track.

Maternal mortality rates are too high in Texas and the U.S. in general. We could fix that.

In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively fight for abortion access.

House Bill 2127 preempts local governments from enacting legislation in eight areas—with potentially deadly results.

Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that's in trouble.