Pro-choice advocates in Texas have long warned that the right to abortion in the state has been suffering a slow death by 1,000 cuts. With a new law banning abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy set to remain in effect until further notice, abortion providers and...
The anti-choice right is trying to enlist the internet to help enforce Senate Bill 8, the latest GOP assault on reproductive rights. However, they’re learning the hard way that the internet has a habit of not doing what you want it to do. SB 8, which goes into effect...
As schools across Texas have reopened, the debate over COVID-19 safety and health measures has intensified to a fever pitch. Amidst this chaos two students in the Frisco ISD school system, upset with the lack of any directives at their high schools, took matters into...
On Wednesday afternoon, several faith leaders gathered to announce the formation of The Reproductive Freedom Congregation Designation. This new coalition brings together several congregations of multiple faiths in Texas to affirm their support of reproductive rights...
Before she passed away from COVID-19 after giving birth, Paige Ruiz had a dying wish that she had been vaccinated. Now, her family and friends are spreading the message that the CDC is also reiterating for pregnant people: get vaccinated. Ruiz, 32 years old, was a...
Last week the U.S. Census Bureau released the long-anticipated 2020 redistricting data. Though there were fears of a serious undercount in Texas thanks to meddling from the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic, the demographic data from the Census revealed...
Ana-Maria Ramos was speechless. It was last Monday, August 9, and the Texas State Representative (D-102) was in a meeting with several House Democrats in Washington, D.C., when the news broke: Four of their peers had, without warning, abandoned their posts and...
It’s been nearly two weeks since Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session and, thus far, Texas House Democrats have managed to stay away from the State Capitol. But unlike the first month of their quorum break, during which more than 50 members of the minority...
On Sunday, Harris County Pollution Control Services alerted residents they were investigating a hydrogen sulfide leak in La Porte. As emergency officials urged residents to shelter in place, Briscoe Cain, the Republican statehouse lawmaker representing much of the...