Abortions Decrease in Texas After HB 2, Data Shows

DSHS finally releases 2014 abortion stats after ACLU request

"...After accusations of a department-wide strategic cover-up of key..."

June 30, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

SB 1/HB 2: How a Lie Becomes a Law

GOP steamrolls through abortion bill vote

"...As currently written, HB 2 is likely to result in the closure of..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Lines: Dem Lawmakers Boycott Anti-Abortion Bill Hearing

Brass ovaries vs. HB 16, and other battle lines drawn at the Capitol

"...committee hearing and delaying the bill's vote. House Bill 16 by Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano – dubbed the "Texas..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...thousands who crowded the Capitol last summer to protest HB 2. "It freed me from being congenial – from..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

House Members not Keen on Bill that would allow pharmacists to interject moral, religious judgement into birth control scrips

"...Corte, R-San Antonio, as he tried to sell his HB 16 to an increasingly skeptical House State Affairs Committee..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rep. Jeff Leach Plays Both Sides With Abortion Ban Bill

"...Jeff Leach, R-Plano, chaired last week's public hearing on HB 896, a no-exceptions abortion ban whose supporters openly relished..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: “Born Alive” Bills Filed

National right-wing moral panic over “infanticide” hits Texas

"...a Capitol press conference. Their companion bills (House Bill 16 and Senate Bill 23) seek to ensure that an..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Talking Travis: Eddie Rodriguez

The district 51 rep talks fresh priorities and fresh fruit

"...issue of local funding transportation. Even though his version, HB 3448, made it to the House Transportation Committee, with..."

May 13, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Debunking Five Anti-Choice Lies This Session

No wonder why repro rights groups are using the mantra “Lies Into Laws”

"...of bills dubbed the "Texas Born-Alive Infant Protection Act" (HB 16 and SB 23) which impose severe penalties on..."

April 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Wrap-Up

A look back at the 79th

June 3, 2005 News Feature

UPDATE: The People's Filibuster Continues

Opponents of war on women use lege rules to derail abortion ban

"...arch-conservative and perenial class act Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, R-Murphy: HB 16 (her latest attempt at fetal pain legislation) and..."

June 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lawmakers Do Little to Support Women's Health

When it comes to controlling women's autonomy, facts never matter at the Capitol

"...When it was reported in 2016 that Texas suffers from the highest rate of maternal..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

'Let Her Speak!'

Abortion hearing erupts into an emotional match

"...of time to testify about the devastating effects that HB 60 would have on abortion access in Texas. Seven..."

June 21, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

Lege Wrap-Up

Reproductive rights

"...moment at which life begins failed. His latest bid, HB 16, didn't even make it out of the House..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

On the Lege

Banning birth control; reforming Texas justice

"..."morning-after" pill. But according to the text of his HB 16, emergency contraceptive is defined as "a prescription drug..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Jordan Smith

Soifer Helps Lead Abortion Fight

With more than 30 years of legal experience, Soifer is no stranger to social justice cases

"...way: As a UT trial advocacy adjunct professor of 16 years, Soifer remembers telling her students during a practice..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Saturday: Various Lege Doings

While the chubbing continues, let's catch up

"...it intact as an amendment to Rep. Eddie Rodriguez’s HB 3983, which tweaks Rodriguez’s 2007 East Austin homestead preservation..."

May 23, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...secret deliberations, the rump GOP Senate emerged to vote 16 to 1 to impose personal fines on the 11..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Everything's Broken and Thousands are Dead, But There's Always Time For Abortion Bans in Texas

Seven "priority" anti-choice bills sail to Senate floor

"...not two, but seven anti-abortion bills approved Tuesday, March 16, following a marathon hearing at the Capitol on Monday...."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Sunset in the Blistering Heat

Rep. Carl Isett discusses why lawmakers are only rescheduling the Sunset bills

"...However, Isett's having to leave those relatively balmy climes..."

June 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

New Healthy and Planned Families Bills Hit Lege

Sen. Leticia Van de Putte and Reps. Ruth Jones McClendon and Mike Villareal team up with healthy family and fam planning bills

"...a pair of bills Feb. 9 (SB 692 and HB 1057) that would strengthen Texas' family and medical leave..."

Feb. 12, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Our Bodies, Our Cities

Austin and Beyond

"...1. HB 239Mike Krusee (R-Round Rock)..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

What Now? What Next?

With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts

"...he would expect the standards for care contained in HB 2. Why shouldn't it be the same for women..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...tacking a youth-targeted amendment onto the school finance bill, HB 21, though on Monday night that chamber passed HB..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...HB 236: Ban on Executing the Mentally Retarded..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Travis Co. Delegation: Progress Report

Local legislators fill us in on their work this session

"...often the odd man out, pushing law like SB 1164, the unpopular "guns on campus" bill. But Dems are..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Words to the Wise

You have to know the rules ...

"...their concealed-handgun licenses as valid identification to buy beer. (HB 2739)..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...White (R-Woodville) favors a first chance intervention program. His HB 58 would allow a specialty court for first-time offenders...."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...Presuming the comptroller certifies the officially $117.4 billion budget (HB 1) in the next few days -- hardly a..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...With the veto deadline passing June 16, the body count of dead bills stands at 26,..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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