In her words: At age 17, DakotaRei escaped Texas to get an abortion
| October 28, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | HEALTHCARE | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | TEXAS | women's health
Today, she's fighting for other women in Texas who aren't able to get the health care they need.
Gina Ortiz Jones’ crusade to elect 3 Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court
| October 24, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | Democrats | Election2024 | EXTREMISM | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | Supreme Court | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | VOTING IN TEXAS | women's health
Ousting anti-abortion extremists from the state's highest court is within reach, Jones says.
Op-Ed: How medical marijuana helped my grandmother through breast cancer
| October 23, 2024
Enrolling in the Texas Compassionate Use Program is easy and can help women navigate through the daily grind of breast cancer treatment.
‘Women are afraid to get pregnant’: How the Texas abortion ban denies life-saving care
| September 27, 2024
Two women filed federal complaints against two Texas hospitals, alleging they failed to provide care for the troubled pregnancies endangering their lives.
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
| August 12, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two years ago.