In her own words: Why this Texas physician fled to Virginia
| August 22, 2025
ABORTION | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | HEALTHCARE | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
I remember very clearly the moment I knew I was done. I could no longer practice as a women’s health care doctor in Texas. I had a patient, probably 18 or 19 years old. I was doing an ultrasound, and she told me she needed an abortion for her safety. She said, “I’m too young. I don’t feel safe with my partner. I’m scared. I need an abortion.”
‘Texas law forced me to choose: Watch my baby die or flee my home for medical help’
| August 7, 2025
With two devastating diagnoses and zero choices to end the suffering, an eighth generation Texan had to leave the state to get the care she needed.
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.’
This Bill Could Give Texas Students Time Off for Period Pain
| May 23, 2025
EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | old texas | TEXAS | TEXAS HOUSE | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | women's health | youtube
A new Texas proposal could allow students to take up to 10 excused absences per year for menstrual disorders like endometriosis or PCOS.
House GOP fast-tracks budget bill that would cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
| May 13, 2025
Abortion is already excluded from coverage—the new bill is going after all health care services the clinics provide for low-income Americans.