Advocates, Researchers Detail the Damage Being Done by Crisis Pregnancy Centers

SXSW panelists urge it’s time to “dismantle, defund” CPCs

"...Maleeha Aziz knew she needed an ultrasound but couldn’t afford one. So, she turned to what..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Naina Srivastava

Opinion: Patients Shouldn’t Be Charged More by Hospital-Owned Practices Than Physician-Owned Practices

An Austin physician urges Congress to act to ensure patients receive the same services for the same prices

"...patient who routinely visits a physician-owned practice for an ultrasound or MRI, when learning that these visits now cost..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by Nancy Binford

Austin’s Last Independent Reproductive Health Center Could Close

Austin Women’s Health Center provides vital pregnancy services

"...able to provide under the law (they feared even ultrasounds at their clinic could be considered aiding an abortion)...."

Aug. 23, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Josh Kupecki's Top10 Films of 2022

"...The Little Film That Could: Ultrasound. Still thinking about the narrative gymnastics of Rob Schroeder's..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: Huesera

Motherhood told in splintered bones and fractured identity

"...made manifest, masked in the blurred visage of an ultrasound photo ......"

Sept. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Jasmine Lane

Hays County Inmate Is Left to Rot in Jail

It’s not just a figure of speech for Ranulfo Benitez-Morales

"...delay, provided him with a cane. Doctors performed an ultrasound and found no issues. Benitez-Morales asked guards daily to..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Other Worlds Review: Utrasound

Mindbending comic adaptation is more about mood than momentum

"...a redneck horror film, but in Tribeca 2021 selection Ultrasound the tortures awaiting are subtle, and of the metaphysical..."

Dec. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Ultrasound D: Rob Schroeder After a strange sexual encounter, Glen..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Legal Dangers Loom Large for Texas Abortion Care

Unless courts act, six-week ban takes effect Sept. 1

"...care after embryonic cardiac activity is detectable via transvaginal ultrasound, which is typically about six weeks into a pregnancy...."

Aug. 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Ultrasound

Brain-twisting SF drama questions who you believe you are

"...a redneck horror film, but in Tribeca 2021 selection Ultrasound the tortures awaiting are subtle, and of the metaphysical..."

June 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...abortion once a "heartbeat" can be detected through transvaginal ultrasound at around six weeks, well before most pregnancies are..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Day Trips: Cookies, Cupcakes and More, Hutto

Hutto Bakery Keeps Cooking Through the Pandemic

"...mom had the bakery put the picture from her ultrasound on a batch of cupcakes...."

April 2, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Social Justice Advocates Call for Big Moves to Ease the Blow of Coronavirus

The most at risk

"...like respirators, IV medication pumps, updated ventilators, and portable ultrasound units are well stocked – equipment that hasn't been..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...like respirators, IV medication pumps, updated ventilators, and portable ultrasound units are well stocked – equipment medical services “don’t..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Toll Anti-Choice Laws Have on Real Lives

UT researcher interviewed 603 women about the barriers facing abortion care in Texas

"...to make three appointments: One to receive a mandatory ultrasound of the fetus, followed by the procedure 24 hours..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Don’t Stop Believing: Moving Panoramas’ Leslie Sisson Overcomes the Trauma That Birthed In Two

Sophomore LP spins a sequel to the shoegazers’ extraordinary journey

"...were due to the IUD, so she did an ultrasound to rule out any reproductive organ issues or cancers...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...John Paul II Life Center also heavily advertises state-of-the-art ultrasounds, another strategy employed by several CPCs to lure women..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...pregnancy, Carole Wall and her husband discovered through an ultrasound that their future daughter had a 5% chance of..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Say What?

Debunking team Anti-Choice’s favorite terms

"...a medical term. Doctors use 'gestational age,' determined by ultrasound measurements or last menstrual period, to estimate pregnancy length."..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The 85th’s State Something

Taking stock at the Lege's midway point

"...resisted the impulse to require men to have an ultrasound of their testicles, but there is still time for..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...a pre-abortion sonogram law, requiring women to undergo an ultrasound (and hear the fetal heartbeat) 24 hours before the..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Next Stop for HB 2 – The Supreme Court?

Legal experts eye Texas law as the most likely abortion case to make it to the high court

"...4th Circuit's decision to strike down North Carolina's pre-abortion ultrasound law, in effect leaving the anti-choice rule to wither..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Not That "Weird"

"...You can buy fetal heart rate monitors and other ultrasound equipment from Amazon.com and other fine retailers. The only..."

June 24, 2015 Postmarks

Perry's Top 10 Worst Hits

Perry for Prez redux calls for a sojourn down memory lane

"...4) Anti-Choice Crusader: Proclaiming he would make abortion “a..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Local Tech Roundup

Gadgets and apps to keep you and your electronics healthy

"...snap them out of a barking fit with built-in ultrasound warnings, or just give your dog a remote command..."

June 12, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Health

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care

"...pregnant clients' health at risk; delaying doctors' visits and ultrasound appointments are integral to the CPC strategy. Counselors assure..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Out of Her Cage

Micah Magee explores a Texan's teen pregnancy in Petting Zoo

"...cat's purr that mimics the underwater throb of an ultrasound. Gritty without being sensationalistic, it's a moving debut from..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Amy Gentry

The Q&A Hole: Killing a Human?

With Jon Lebkowsky, Marc English, Rowan Hagemann, and more

"...I imagined would have been my son. During an ultrasound at 4 1/2 months, it was found that the..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: Welcome Back!

When the Lege is in town, we've learned to expect the worst

"...– earlier known, from his authorship of an anti-abortion ultrasound bill, as the Man With the Vaginal Wand –..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Yeakel Again Rules Against HB 2

5th Circuit denies A.G. Abbott's emergency motion to stay ruling

"...abortion regulations, which mandate a 24-hour waiting period and ultrasound test before abortion. These "substantial obstacles," wrote Yeakel, have..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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