Texas native reveals: ‘Why I’ll be terrified to practice in Texas as an OB-GYN’
| July 20, 2025
‘By my second year in medical school, the effects of SB8 were getting more and more real. One night in the emergency room, the consequences just became so obvious in a real life way.’
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
| June 27, 2025
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | Donald Trump | EQUALITY | EXTREMISM | Federal Cuts | HEALTH | IMMIGRATION | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | Supreme Court
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
| June 4, 2025
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
Will a new abortion bill save the lives of pregnant women in Texas?
| May 31, 2025
It’s taken state Supreme Court cases, a number of women dying, and massive pressure from the people of Texas for the state Legislature to respond with SB31. But will the new bill help or hurt women who need abortions in Texas?
How the ripple effects of ‘defunding’ Planned Parenthood could hurt Texans
| May 31, 2025
A budget bill in Congress cuts Medicaid and essentially defunds Planned Parenthood, which provides birth control, wellness visits, STI tests and treatment, and cancer screenings.
New bill would trap women who want or need abortions in Texas
| May 16, 2025
ABORTION | DFW | DFW Lead Story | Repro Rights | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS
A bill passed in the Texas Senate allows women and their loved ones who help them get abortions — here or in another state — to be jailed and sued.