Austin becomes first Texas city to stand against laws banning insurance coverage for abortion care
October 4, 2018
15 localities across the U.S., including Travis County, have signed resolutions repealing public and private insurance coverage bans on abortion care.
The War on Texas Women Continues
September 25, 2018
Texas lawmakers are fighting to defund Planned Parenthood. Again.
Trust Women, Not Republican Tricks
September 18, 2018
Republican supported Crisis Pregnancy Centers attempt to trick pregnant women out of receiving quality health care.
A win for women's rights: Judge issues a permanent injunction against fetal tissue law
September 5, 2018
Another law designed to shame and stigmatize patients and health care providers by infringing on their personal liberties and beliefs has been struck down.
Texas GOP Get Back to Basics: Shaming Women with Fetal Burial Laws
August 1, 2018
Texas Republicans want to control Texans’ uteruses and shame women by forcing them to bury or cremate fetal tissue.
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Top 10 Worst Sh** in the Texas Republican Party Platform
July 19, 2018
In case you had any doubts, the Texas GOP party platform is still garbage.
How Texas' Fake Health Clinics (and Republican Politicians) Are Lying to Women
June 26, 2018
The US Supreme Court handed a big loss to women trying to get medically accurate information on all their reproductive health care options. In Texas, fake clinics outnumber real abortion clinics by a huge margin. And the lies don’t stop there.
Texas Reproductive Health & Justice Groups File Historic Lawsuit to Dismantle Web of Abortion Restrictions
June 14, 2018
Five years after the historic People’s Filibuster, the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement in Texas is taking the fight to anti-abortion politicians with a groundbreaking legal challenge - the People’s Lawsuit.
Supreme Court Decisions We’re Watching for in June
May 24, 2018
The Court is set to decide some really important cases by the end of June — cases covering a lot of issues that matter to and impact the lives of Texans, from LGBTQ equality and immigration to workers’, voting, and abortion rights.
Dear Democratic Party: Abortion Is a Priority, Not a Bargaining Chip
January 22, 2018
An open letter to the DNC, Democratic elected officials, and state and local Democratic party organizations across the country.
National Anti-Abortion Playbook Exposed
January 21, 2018
Anti-abortion politicians' end goal is clear: to overturn Roe v. Wade and ban abortion state-by-state and method-by-method. This threat to our reproductive freedom is unprecedented. Fight back here: bit.ly/Fight4ReproFreedom
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Progress Texas: 2017 By the Numbers
December 20, 2017
Our biggest stories of the year
Texas Anti-Abortion Group Misused Millions in State Grants, Faces Potential Criminal Charges
September 27, 2017
The millions this potentially criminal, anti-abortion group received is just the tip of iceberg. Under the leadership of Gov. Abbott, the state hands out millions more to other shady anti-abortion groups every year.
Women’s Reproductive Rights Thrown Under Bus (Again) in Gov. Abbott’s Special Session
August 16, 2017
In a legislature still dominated by men, women's rights got steamrolled. Three of the 12 bills passed during the special legislative session involve restricting Texas women’s right to access abortion.
Lawmaker Regulates Uteruses, Unsure if He Can Have Hysterectomy
August 11, 2017
This man is the author of Texas' latest abortion restriction. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Texas Women Lawmakers Fight Back Against Latest Anti-Abortion Bill
August 10, 2017
Texas anti-abortion politicians passed a bill banning all insurance plans in Texas from covering abortion, forcing women to buy separate, more expensive, coverage or to pay out of pocket. But not without a fight lead by progressive women lawmakers.
Texas Politicians Pass Cruel Bill Effectively Banning Insurance Coverage of Abortion
August 10, 2017
The ban will force women to buy separate, more expensive, coverage. And it passed. But not without a fight lead by progressive women lawmakers.
Here Are All the Awful Bills Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Passed in a Week
July 28, 2017
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, at Governor Abbott’s behest, orchestrated a cruel act of political theater with very real and devastating consequences on Texans’ lives.
Perry blames Texas maternal mortality on Black women
July 24, 2017
In a public hearing, State Sen. Charles Perry put the blame on Black women for Texas' maternal mortality crisis. Black women in Texas face the greatest risk of dying after childbirth — a rate nearly three times higher than that of white women.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Fast Tracks Awful AF Bills Through Texas Senate This Weekend
July 20, 2017
Progressive advocates and lawmakers are fighting back.
