ACLU to State Health Department: Stop Hiding Abortion Data

ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of shielding valuable statistics on the state's abortion rates from the public

"...backdrop of a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Texas' abortion restrictive House Bill 2, the ACLU of Texas..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

ACLU Sues Texas Cities Over Local Abortion Bans

Suit argues small towns aim to suppress truth, free speech

"...In response to a wave of tiny East Texas towns passing ordinances to ban abortion and condemn pro-choice..."

Feb. 26, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Backs Trump Agency in Holding Undocumented Abortion-Seeking Minor "Hostage"

Federal agency sent minor to crisis pregnancy center instead

"...undocumented minor from obtaining abortion in the state that Texas “must not become a sanctuary state for abortions.”..."

Oct. 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Abortions Decrease in Texas After HB 2, Data Shows

DSHS finally releases 2014 abortion stats after ACLU request

"...strategic cover-up of key abortion data lodged by the ACLU of Texas, the Department of State Health Services released..."

June 30, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

ACLU Report: Time to Legalize It

Pot policing discriminatory and expensive

"...arrested far more often than are whites – in Texas, as much as 34-times more likely to face arrest..."

June 7, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas Attorney General Asks State Supreme Court to Stop Expansion of Voting by Mail

After his threats fail, Ken Paxton heads to court

"...Frustrated by the failure of his threats of prosecution, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the state Supreme Court..."

May 14, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her resignation, effective..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Texas Voter Purge Effort Ends

State agrees to legal settlement; on the hook for $450K

"...This time in Texas, it’s a win for voters...."

April 26, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Resident Named in Texas Voter Purge Debacle, Files Suit

"They basically accused me of committing fraud"

"...When Austin resident Julieta Garibay learned Texas Secretary of State David Whitley had released an advisory..."

Feb. 5, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Texas Book Festival No. 25 – aka Virtual Texas Book..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ACLU Blasts Drug Task Forces

Yet more charges of impropriety against Texas' much-maligned supernarcs

"...Texas' much-maligned, federally funded regional narcotics task forces have earned..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Now Streaming in Austin: "Texas Strong"

Webby-winning documentary lets a trans kid speak for herself

"...Kai Shappley is a typical 7-year-old kid in Pearland, Texas, born to a very typical Pearland Christian conservative family...."

May 17, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

ACLU in Austin

"...staff conference in Austin -- "a symbolic move," says ACLU of Texas Executive Director Will Harrell, "to give respect..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Lege Lines: Texas GOP Tees up More Voter ID Nonsense

Secretary of State issues election advisory, ignites right-wing voter fraud frenzy

"...When newly appointed Texas Secretary of State David Whitley (until recently a top..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

ACLU, Free Market Foundation Want In On Speaker Race

Rights group and religious right suing Texas Ethics Commission over right to pump money into speaker race.

"...themselves "strange bedfellows," but the unexpected grouping of the ACLU of Texas, religious right advocates the Free Market Foundation..."

Feb. 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

ACLU Defends Capitol Bus Stop

One of busiest stops in Cap Metro system scheduled to close Aug. 24.

"...The ACLU of Texas' Central Texas chapter is actively opposing the..."

April 24, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Who's Joining the ACLU?

"...addition, local CFCs, such as the one for Central Texas, can include additional charities on their lists...."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature

Texas Reproductive Health Advocates Lay Out Legislative Agenda

“Trust. Respect. Access.” campaign combines progressive forces

"...–supported by a coalition of groups including NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, Whole Woman’s Health, Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, the ACLU..."

March 6, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

HB 2 Heads to Supremes – As Texas Leaps Backward 30 Years

Clinics stop services as abortion law goes into effect

"...Until at least Nov. 12, the new Texas abortion restrictions are in the hands of the U.S...."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Claims Abortion Law Harms No One

State files SCOTUS brief defending HB 2

"...seeking access to care, lawyers for the state of Texas argued in a brief filed Tuesday with the U.S...."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project

New leadership doesn't sit well with the old guard

"...This spring, the board of trustees for the Texas Civil Rights Project, a community lawyering organization known for..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Texas Makes Its HB2 Case to U.S. Supreme Court

Says no evidence women are harmed

"...which provide abortion care in Austin – and the ACLU. They argued that the provision violates due process and..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Tears for Texas Women

13 clinics to close if law not blocked

"...Oct. 29, unless a federal judge blocks implementation of Texas' sweeping new abortion regulations, 13 clinics across Texas –..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Abortion Rights Lawsuit Filed Against State of Texas

"...advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Texas on behalf of abortion providers across the state. The..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A New Pro-Choice Leader at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas

Aimee Arrambide takes over advocacy group

"...In a state as anti-choice as Texas, leading reproductive rights advocates to victory is no easy..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Feeling the Heat

A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell

"...Nineties with virtually no presence at the Legislature, the Texas state office of the American Civil Liberties Union is..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

News Roundup: Water Flows Downhill

WTP 4 opens, ACLU sues Obama, and Brown awaits his fate

"...The still-debated Water Treatment Plant No. 4 opened, the ACLU sued the Obama Administration, and journalist/activist Barrett Brown learned..."

Dec. 22, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Point Austin: Work in Progress

Susan Herman of the ACLU on the long fight for liberty and justice

"...is, we're not entirely ready to close down the ACLU offices and put up a 'Mission Accomplished' banner."..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Michael King

How to Help Detained Migrant Families

Make an impact by contributing to these advocacy groups

"...providing direct support and relief to detained refugees in Texas...."

July 15, 2019 News Post by Katelyn Landry

Pro-Choice Groups Strike Back at Malicious Abortion Foe

Leader of small-town ban effort slapped with defamation suit

"...Three abortion support organizations - The Lilith Fund, the Texas Equal Access Fund, and The Afiya Center - are..."

June 11, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

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