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  East Texas Town Does Its Thing, Declares Itself Sanctuary City for Fetuses

  June 14 at 4 a.m.

  This may come as a shock to those unfamiliar with East Texas, but the people there, especially those in many of its small towns, really, really don't like abortion — so much so that they're willing to make national spectacles of themselves just to show everyone how much they hate...

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  What Does Tuesday’s Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Mean for Texas?

  May 29 at 4 a.m.

  Tuesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a mixed judgment on one of the most controversial abortion laws to reach the court since it heard Hellerstedt v. Texas in 2016. Indiana's rule that all aborted fetuses in the state must be buried or cremated is back in effect, thanks to...

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  Texas Women Needed Help From the Legislature. They Didn't Get It.

  May 28 at 4 a.m.

  More than 25% of Texas women between ages 18 and 44 don't have health insurance coverage. That's one of the biggest takeaways from a new study into the effects of Medicaid expansion on maternal health from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. Texas' uninsured rate for women of child-bearing age...

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  Texas Lawmakers Leading the Anti-Abortion Effort Take a Gentler, More Tactical Approach

  May 22 at 4 a.m.

  Last week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a piece of anti-abortion legislation that left Texas, one of the pro-life movement's biggest hotbeds, in the dust. Thanks to Kemp's signature, Georgia law now bans any abortion occurring more than six weeks into a pregnancy, creating an almost impossible window for women...

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  Why Isn’t Texas Getting Its Own Heartbeat Bill?

  May 13 at 4 a.m.

  Last week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a piece of anti-abortion legislation that left Texas, one of the pro-life movement's biggest hotbeds, in the dust. Thanks to Kemp's signature, Georgia law now bans any abortion occurring more than six weeks into a pregnancy, creating an almost impossible window for women...

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  Texas’ ‘Born-Alive’ Bill Close to Becoming Reality

  April 17 at 11:22 a.m.

  Texas is set to turn a very fake problem into a very real law. Monday night, the state's House of Representatives signed off on Plano Republican Jeff Leach's "Born Alive Protection Act" which would create civil and criminal penalties for doctors who fail to care for babies born after attempted...