Texas Maternal Mortality Task Force Hasn’t Counted Abortion Death Cases for 10 Years

Committee members discovered longtime omission this year

"...Across the country, maternal mortality review committees are tasked with analyzing pregnancy-related deaths and reporting..."

March 22, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney excels in just-OK nun horror

"...Directed by: Michael Mohan. Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco, Alvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli and Dora Romano...."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

SXSW Film Review: Immaculate

Nun horror delivers decent scares, but gets in its own way

"...adoration, suffering is held up as a paragon of love, blessed flesh is consumed at mass...."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Texas Task Force That Reviews Pregnancy-Related Deaths Losing Advocate Role

When state withheld death data, advocate pushed back

"...September 2022, just three months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and two months before the midterm..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

SXSW Explores the Progressive Power of Ballot Measures

Organizers from different states discuss letting the voters decide on issues like abortion

"...coalition of ACLU of Arizona, Arizona List, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, AZ Reproductive Freedom for All, and Healthcare..."

March 8, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Study Estimates 64,500 Pregnancies After Rape in States Where Abortion Is Banned

Plus, more than half a million rapes total

"...Approximately 64,500 women have had rape related pregnancies in the 14 states where..."

Jan. 30, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Some Don't Like It Hot: 2023 was Austin's average hottest year on record since the National Weather Service..."

Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature

Texas Can Ban Urgent Abortions in Emergency Rooms, Appeals Court Rules

Federal ER mandate doesn't apply to abortions, court rules

"...Despite federal guidance requiring that doctors provide life-saving care in emergency rooms whether patients can pay..."

Jan. 3, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Texas Abortion Advocates Sue for Reproductive Rights

Manning new battle lines in the fight for legal abortion

"...March 7: Abortion advocates in Texas are manning new battle lines in the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Supreme Court to Hear Case Determining Access to Abortion Drug

Mifepristone will remain available for now

"...U.S. A Texas federal judge blocked the FDA’s 2000 approval of mifepristone this spring. But, until SCOTUS decides on..."

Dec. 13, 2023 News Post by Mae Lackey

Woman Granted Permission for Legal Abortion Flees State After Texas Supreme Court Halts Ruling

Her pregnancy could render her infertile if continued

"...Kate Cox is being forced to leave Texas to receive an abortion necessary to protect her..."

Dec. 11, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

UPDATE: Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Decision That Allowed Pregnant Woman to Abort Fetus With Lethal Diagnosis

State of Texas argued “frivolous assertion of harm”

"...After Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a petition to reverse the district court’s decision, the Texas Supreme Court on..."

Dec. 7, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Nurses on Strike Nurses at Ascension Seton had their second-ever one-day strike Wednesday. And again, Ascension informed them they'd..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Restoring the reputation of the sexologist and researcher

"...author of The Hite Report on Female Sexuality, doesn’t have all the answers to these questions, but it is..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

AFF Review: The Disappearance of Shere Hite

New documentary is a timely reminder of the sexologist's work

"...author of The Hite Report on Female Sexuality, doesn’t have all the answers to these questions, but it is..."

Nov. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Abbott Signed Medicaid for New Moms Into Law, but It Might Not Happen Anyway

Gears of bureaucracy turn slowly (and sometimes not at all)

"...the highest in the nation. So in the first legislative session after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Democrats..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

The Luv Doc: Hard No

It's OK that you're not into Barbies

"...Dear Luv Doc,..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Planned Parenthood Marks Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision

A year without Roe

"...pink filled the Cathedral in East Austin for Beyond Roe: The Fight for Our Future. The Planned Parenthood Texas..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Ali Juell

A Young Man's Guide to Abortion Rights in The Fight for Midnight

Former Chronicle writer Dan Solomon switches from journalist to novelist for his YA debut

"...In 2013, back when Texas liberals and progressives played defense against Republicans banning abortion at 20 weeks..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Anti-Queer Laws Just Keep Coming at the Texas Legislature

Out of the closet, into the woods

"...From singling out transgender athletes at state universities to attempts at defunding public libraries that host drag..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe

Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything

"...seeing Zach Theatre's opening night performance of Lisa Loomer's Roe. The plan was to gather my thoughts about this..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Jill Biden Invites Austinite Nearly Killed by Abortion Ban to State of the Union

Still, Biden dedicated little time to abortion in his address

"...the Union address, the president had much ground to cover Tuesday night. He highlighted progress in the economy and..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

We Have an Issue: Last Week to Vote in the Austin Music Poll (Plus Some Exciting News About the Austin Music Awards)

Tickets are now on sale, and a pretty stellar performer lineup is announced

"...couple of the nominees, Kinseli Baricuatro and Marcus Bell, via their fun, free-association Q&A...."

Jan. 27, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the Only One for Me, John-lene: This week Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick appointed only one Democrat, Sen. John Whitmire,..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature

Protesters Rally on 50th Anniversary of Roe

Organizer says it’s easy to be angry, hard to stay focused

"...outside the state capitol Sunday, which marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade...."

Jan. 25, 2023 News Post by Leena Alali

Crosstalk: Launching Megz Kelli's Soundtrack, Lockhart's Plum Creek Records, and Norman BA$E's Trap Burger

Austin music news headlines of the week

"...trumpet" next Thursday, Jan. 26, at Firehouse Lounge. The "avant-jazz-meets-soul" score was co-composed and co-produced by Kelli's hip-hop duo..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Abortion on the Border

A Q&A with one of the most important players in the state’s fight for abortion access

"...of operating abortion clinics in Texas, the fall of Roe v. Wade and the state's near-total ban on abortion..."

Dec. 30, 2022 News Feature by Sara Hutchinson

After a Decade of Decline in Teen Parents, Support Services Brace for Rising Demand

It takes a village

"...Rocio Villarreal remembers feeling scared and anxious at her first prenatal..."

Dec. 23, 2022 News Feature by Sara Hutchinson

John Anderson's Top 10 Photos of 2022

"...my other eye for the roughly 10 weeks of recovery time. I have never used that eye for photos..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Photo Gallery

The “Aid and Abet” Abortion Era Begins

Texas' "trigger law" banning abortion takes effect

"...Most Texans have been deprived their reproductive rights since at least September..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

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