Dismantling Family Planning Pt. 2

House budget amendment would subvert access to reproductive services

"...president for community affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region...."

April 16, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Having Your Baby

The anti-choice "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" are spending taxpayer funds on misinformation, scare tactics – or nothing

"...congressional researchers who, at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., were tasked with finding out exactly what kind..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reproductive Rights Fight

South Dakota lawmakers set stage for most targeted attack on abortion rights since 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling; and Bush's proposed FY 2007 budget features cuts to women's and family planning programs

"...state Senators passed legislation that would ban all abortions except those necessary to save the mother's life; the measure,..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The New Texas Family Planning

Slashed budgets and anti-abortion politics undermine women's health care

"...pieces of state legislation. Budget riders tacked onto the Texas Department of State Health Services' appropriation in March 2005..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fighting a Rising Tide

The 78th Lege chipped away at abortion rights

"...the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League gave Texas a grade of "C-" on the organization's annual state-by-state..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Friday Blingee: NOLA Realness

We be off... to New Orleans

"...were in Galveston watching the B-52's (didja see Kate X Messer's two-parter with shout-singer Fred Schneider?! OMGZ FOR DAYZ!!)..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Kingsman: The Secret Service

This comic-book riff on James Bond films finds fun amid the ultraviolence.

"...Heads will explode among fans of the film Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn’s 2010..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bedside Manner: Hell on Earth

Dark literature in dark times, plus a plea for casting sanity

"...coming in my reading habits. Hellboy is dead, the X-Men are splitting, and the press releases in my inbox..."

Sept. 6, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Chestnut Reigns Supreme at the 2007 World French-Fry-Eating Championship

"...burgers, chicken wings, waffles, meatballs, grilled cheese, Spam, and, inexplicably, deep-fried asparagus. There was "Crazy Legs" Conti, aka the..."

Jan. 29, 2007 Sports Post by Audra Schroeder

Scanlines

X-Files "Pilot" and "Deep Throat"

"...I never managed to jump on the X-Files bandwagon. By the time I noticed it was on,..."

April 25, 1997 Screens Feature

Demi Lovato Doc Opening SXSW Film 2021

Punk icons, serial killers, wrestlers, and comedy in movie list

"...Music, film, and a social conscience have always underpinned SXSW, and the three converge as Demi Lovato: Dance With..."

Jan. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hotrods, Hell Marys for TXRG Championship

Honky Tonk Heartbreakers fail to break points deficit, finalizing championship line-up

"...Hotrod Honeys will face the Hell Marys for the Texas Rollergirls' championship on August 3...."

July 7, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...electric rates (and rate increases) subsidize LCRA's water department expansion...."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column

Lone Star Circle of Care Proud of Family-Planning Program

"...After the redistribution, LSCC successfully spent 100% of our Title X funds and 67% of our Title XX funds..."

Oct. 18, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Planned Parenthood Sues

"...clinics and at least 115,000 women. Last week, several Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates filed suit over Rider 8 in..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Fantastic Fest Announces Five Secret Screenings ... But What Are They?

Guess the titles and you could win a badge for next year's fest

"...to watch? Then Fantastic Fest is the perfect screening experience. Every year, the celebration of out-there cinema hosts secret..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn

How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice

"...tradition of films about women being pursued by deranged psychosexual killers. But if you're expecting I Spit on Your..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Happens When Texas Blocks Planned Parenthood? Abortions Rise.

Study: Lege's family planning cuts led to an increase in abortion

"...With the goal of eliminating abortion, Texas Republicans have stripped Planned Parenthood of funding and steadily..."

July 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

In Memoriam: Jason Tremblay

Playwright to be remembered at the Paramount on Sunday

"...and on Sunday, April 30, people will gather to explain just why this local man of the dramatic arts..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Meet the Candidate: Blake Rocap

Lobbyist turned legislator hopeful is a longtime civil and reproductive rights advocate

"...It's extremely rare for a lobbyist to make the reverse jump,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Call Girl of Cthulhu Comes Knocking

Director Chris LaMartina on puns and Lovecraft

"...Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. "The title did come first," admits writer-director Chris LaMartina...."

April 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Place of Calm and Light

The Blanton to build a structure designed by Ellsworth Kelly

"...Ellsworth Kelly painting – to be surrounded by his exquisitely simple, playful shapes, to bathe in his pure, bright..."

Feb. 12, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

No Room at the Health Care Inn

State policies endangering women's lives in the Valley

"...Reproductive Health. The report, "Nuesta Voz, Nuestra Salud, Nuestro Texas: The Fight for Women's Reproductive Health in the Rio..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Review: Russell Brand

Comedian proves a classy, philosophical pervert at the Paramount

"...The lofty, crackpot title of Russell Brand’s sweeping world-tour, “Messiah Complex,” gave off..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Will Senate Restore Women's Health Care Funding?

State senator proposes biennial bump in funding

"...encouraged women’s health advocates, Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, expressed “strong support” for adding an additional $100 million over..."

Feb. 25, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...› City Council is away this week and next for the Thanksgiving holiday, but council members reconvene Dec...."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Feature

Myra Breckinridge Is a Dish!

Hey Homo! screens Raquel Welch cuh-lassic.

"...as "one aimless, inept and leering aberration" (Empire Reviews), "Extravagantly tasteless" (TV Guide), and "about as funny as a..."

May 26, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Business in the Front, Party in the Back

Heyd Fontenot's new paintings are not to be missed

"...the walls of Art Palace for a monographic show titled "Business in the Front, Party in the Back." Besides..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Post by Andy Campbell

Anti-Abortionists Want More Health-Care Money

New threats to women's health care emerge in both Texas and D.C.

"...from various state agencies putting together budget documents for next year have begun to circulate – including a Legislative..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texarkana on the Gay-Bating Side

Sacha Baron Cohen pokes cage fight fans.

"...Brawlin' match at the Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana began tearing each other's clothes off and kissing...."

July 9, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

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