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  Texas Health Policies Pushed Women to Have Later Abortions, New Study Finds

  March 13 at 4 a.m.

  Second-trimester abortions increased 13 percent in Texas in the aftermath of 2013's House Bill 2 despite abortions decreasing by 18 percent generally, a study published Tuesday in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows. Overall, women seeking abortions were forced to wait an average of one week more to get an abortion after...

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  With Abortion Rights On the Brink, Planned Parenthood Stays Focused

  March 5 at 4 a.m.

  Monday was a weird time to be celebrating for Planned Parenthood. The venerable reproductive rights advocacy organization and healthcare provider faces attacks from all sides. President Donald Trump wants to strip the organization of millions in federal funding; multiple speakers at last week's Conservative Political Action Conference accused abortion providers...

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  More Than a Third of the Texas House Is Backing a Stealth Abortion Ban

  February 26 at 4 a.m.

  Texas' next big abortion fight is here, coming in the form of Houston-area state Rep. Briscoe Cain's fetal-heartbeat bill. If it passes, it will ban any abortion performed more than six weeks after fetal conception. That's the written part of the bill. The unwritten part, the part that will fill...

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  Texas Attorneys Compare Common Abortion Procedure to Animal Slaughter

  Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Heather Hacker, Texas' assistant solicitor general, made it clear from the start Monday that one of the most controversial provisions of Senate Bill 8, Texas' latest and greatest piece of sweeping anti-abortion legislation, isn't about protecting women's health, as Texas Republicans have so often argued when they've defended anti-choice laws in...

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  CDC Is Conducting a National Health Survey in Dallas

  Friday, November 2, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Those people knocking on Dallas County doors with a badge and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ID aren’t late trick-or-treaters vying for extra candy. They’re health examiners from the CDC gathering data for a national health survey known for developing understanding of national health conditions. The National Health and...

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  Texas Ends Health Contracts With Anti-Abortion Group

  Monday, October 15, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced Friday afternoon that it is ending its contract with an anti-abortion group receiving millions from the state to provide women's health services as part of multiple programs. The Heidi Group, according to the state, repeatedly failed to serve the number of patients...