Texas – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

17 Jun

Texas Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Moves To Force Vote To Guarantee the Right to Contraception

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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) filed a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on her bill, the Right to Contraception Act, H.R. 999, to guarantee by law the right to contraception. A discharge petition is a legislative tool in the House of Representatives that allows a majority of members to force a bill to the floor for a vote by the full chamber, even if the Speaker of the House opposes it.

22 Mar

U.S. Repro Watch: Six Updates You Won’t Want to Miss

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

The Center for Reproductive Rights is representing a Texas midwife sued for supposedly performing illegal abortions.

16 Dec

After Texas Ruling, States Seek to Fill Reproductive Health Data Privacy Gaps

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Several states have enacted privacy laws in recent years that touch on reproductive health data privacy to varying degrees. California, Washington, Virginia and New York are states to watch on this front

10 Dec

Uterine fibroids linked to elevated heart disease risk

JordanLatest News.Fibroid, Healthcare, Heart disease, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States, Women's Health

Heart disease risk may be substantially higher among women with uterine fibroids compared to those without, finds new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association

07 Dec

Privacy concerns linger in reproductive health care despite HIPAA lawsuit’s dismissal

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

The four lawsuits at the center of a Republican-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are now mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed last week to dismiss the last remaining suit challenging the legality of a foundational health privacy rule.

05 Dec

Privacy concerns linger in reproductive health care despite HIPAA lawsuit’s dismissal

CoreyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, HIPPA, Privacy, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

A Biden-era protection for reproductive and gender affirming health care information was upended by a federal judge in Texas in June. Despite several lawsuits, key privacy rules for medical records remain, but some experts say they aren’t sufficient. (Photo by Dave Whitney / Getty Images)The four lawsuits at the center of a Republican-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are now mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed last week to dismiss the last remaining suit challenging the legality of a foundational health privacy rule.

04 Dec

Texas’ new abortion ban aims to stop doctors from sending abortion pills to the state

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Texas’ massive new abortion law taking effect this week could escalate the national fight over mailing abortion pills.

20 Oct

The feds are cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, following a playbook that began in Texas

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Texas

On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast branch in Houston, which ran the organization’s largest clinic in the country, shuttered after it was acquired by another affiliate.

15 Oct

The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas

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Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.

10 Sep

Medication abortion ban could achieve a top conservative goal

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

The bill, set to become law later this year, could stop providers from mailing pills to Texas, which has allowed thousands to access abortion since Roe fell. It could be a blueprint for other states.

03 Sep

Bill allowing private citizens to sue over abortion pills gets initial OK in the Texas Senate

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

The Texas Senate on Tuesday evening tentatively approved a bill that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, mails or provides abortion medication to or from Texas.

24 Aug

Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill

RandyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Florida, GOP, Healthcare, mifepristone, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Texas and Florida on Friday asked a federal judge to let them join a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, saying that they need to step in to protect their abortion policies after changes to other Republican-led states' abortion laws.

19 Jul

New Texas law aims to save lives by clarifying the state abortion ban. Will it work?

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

Across the 18 states that have banned or tightly restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, questions have persisted over when doctors can perform abortions in medical emergencies.

10 Jul

Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.

25 Jun

Push To Move OB-GYN Exam Out of Texas Is Piece of AGs’ Broader Reproductive Rights Campaign

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, OB/GYN, Reproductive rights, Texas

Democratic state attorneys general led by those from California, New York, and Massachusetts are pressuring medical professional groups to defend reproductive rights, including medication abortion, emergency abortions, and travel between states for health care in response to recent increases in the number of abortion bans.