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  New Report Shows Woeful State of Women’s Health in Texas Cities

  October 23 at 4 a.m.

  In a state where everyone's blind, the one-eyed cities are kings, or something like that. That's the big takeaway from a new study from the National Institute for Reproductive Health. Texas' cities, the only places in the state where women can actually seek out a legal abortion, lag behind cities...

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  Fed Up With Legislative Moderation, Texas Anti-Abortion Activists Take to the Cities

  October 14 at 10:14 a.m.

  Like many anti-abortion activists, Mark Lee Dixon left the 2019 Texas legislative session unsatisfied. Sure, the Legislature, deep red for at least one more election, had passed the "born-alive bill," which mimics a federal law that requires doctors to care for a baby born during an attempted abortion, and another...

• Out of Work To Do in Texas, Paxton Argues for Other State’s Abortion Restrictions

  October 8 at 4 a.m.

  The Texas Attorney General's Office made an appearance at the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans today. That's nothing new. If there's anything that Attorney General Ken Paxton likes, it's fighting the federal government, whether about the environment and Texas' ability to pollute it, people with preexisting...

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  First-Ever FAME Fest

  September 29 at 10:10 p.m.

  Held for the first time ever in Dallas, Fame Fest hit downtown like its never seen before. Held near the Omni Hotel, the festival celebrated Fitness, Art, Music, and Experience in a health centric, mind and body kind of way. Guests could attend the block party for free, or purchase a ticket for the main festival where they came together in groups to cycle, stretch, and move with live music and all of their friends. All photos by Kathy Tran

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  Dallas Suburb Is First North Texas City to Offer Paid Family Leave

  September 26 at 4 a.m.

  DeSoto will become the first North Texas city to offer paid family leave to all city employees, beginning next month. Candice Quarles, the DeSoto City Council member who spearheaded the law, is a mother herself and saw an opportunity to use her 12 years of human resources experience to help...

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  New Texas Law Creates Treatment Plan for Postpartum Disorders

  September 3 at 4 a.m.

  Postpartum depression — more properly known as perinatal mood and anxiety disorder — affects one in seven new mothers. And yet not many parents or doctors know how to recognize symptoms or treat it. A new Texas law, which takes effect on September 1, will put in place some steps to make treatment easier.