Supreme Court Ruling Keeps Texas Abortion Clinics Open
The decision immediately allows 13 clinics that had been shuttered earlier this month by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to reopen. Related posts: Federal Appeals Court Blocks Access to Abortion in...
View ArticleEnforcement of Voter Suppression Law in Texas Uncertain
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled yesterday that Texas could enforce its strict Voter ID law, despite a lower court's finding that the law was discriminatory and would likely suppress...
View ArticleJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Slams Supreme Court for Upholding Voter...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a blistering dissent after a ruling by the US Supreme Court this weekend threatened to disqualify more than half a million Texas voters from early voting. Related...
View ArticleFifth Circuit Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at...
In a brief order issued on Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit indicated that the decision to refuse rehearing was 10-5. Related posts: African American Girls Fall Behind Their Peers in Educational and...
View ArticleActivists are Helping Texas Women Cross State Lines for Abortion Care
With Texas on the verge of shutting down all but 8 of the state’s abortion clinics, activists are taking up a new method to increase access to clinics. Related posts: North Dakota Medical Students...
View ArticleUS Receives “C” Grade On Reproductive Rights
While the US overall grade is a C, 15 states failed outright. Related posts: Celebrities and Survivor Advocates Encourage Tennessee and North Dakota Voters to Reject Anti-Abortion Measures While...
View ArticleHouston Is Finally Testing a Backlog of Thirty-Year-Old Rape Kits
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View ArticlePolice Need to be Held Accountable for Violence Against Black Women and Girls
McKinney, Texas police officer Eric Casebolt’s violent attack on a 15-year-old African American girl at a neighborhood pool party went immediately viral over the weekend. No related posts.
View ArticleAn Appeals Court Just Upheld the Law Closing Abortion Clinics in Texas
The decision allows the state to uphold 2013 bill HB 2, requiring that every reproductive health care facility offering abortion services meet the costly hospital-like standards for buildings known as...
View ArticleThe Fifth Circuit Has Put Texas Abortion Clinics in Crisis
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to suspend a ruling upholding harmful anti-abortion provisions. Related posts: An Appeals Court Just Upheld the Law Closing Abortion Clinics in Texas...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Just Saved Texas’ Abortion Clinics
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 today to put a temporary hold on a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that would have closed all but 9 of the state’s abortion clinics in Texas. The order from the...
View ArticleQuestions Remain After Police Release Footage of Sandra Bland’s Arrest
Texas officials today released dash cam video footage showing Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia physically threatening Sandra Bland, a 28-year old African-American woman who died in police custody last...
View ArticleFederal Court Blocks Strict Texas Voter ID Law
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling blocking a restrictive Texas voter ID law as a violation of the Voting Rights Act. Related posts: Members of Congress Renew the...
View ArticleSandra Bland’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Sandra Bland's mother filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday claiming that Bland should never have been arrested and blaming Texas officials for her death. Related posts: Questions Remain After...
View ArticleTexas Woman Files Complaint After Officer Forcibly Searches her Vagina
"I feel like they sexually assaulted me! I really do," Charnesia Corley said about a forced body-cavity search following a traffic stop in which a Texas deputy claimed he smelled marijuana. Related...
View ArticleConservative Lawmakers Use False Planned Parenthood Videos to Introduce New...
Although comprehensive investigations of Planned Parenthood continue to prove no wrongdoing, conservative politicians are using the issue to push anti-choice legislation. Related posts: Claims Against...
View ArticleReport Finds Texas’ HB2 Increases Abortion Wait Times
A new report released by the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Policy Evaluation Project found patients seeking abortions in Texas have experienced an increase in wait times since the passage of...
View ArticleTexas to Cut Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood
Texas officials announced the state will cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, violating federal law and denying critical reproductive health care to tens of thousands of Texas women. Related...
View ArticleTexas Officials Raid Planned Parenthood
To date, all investigations - including those carried out in Texas - have found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Planned Parenthood. Related posts: Texas to Cut Medicaid Funding to Planned...
View ArticleTennessee Woman Faces Jail For Coat Hanger Abortion
A Tennessee woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder last week, three months after an attempt to terminate her pregnancy using a coat hanger. Related posts: Texas to Cut Medicaid Funding to...
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