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Science In, Science Out: Texas Lawmakers Hear Two Very Different Abortion Bills

TX state capitol building

One bill would remove language connecting breast cancer to abortion in the state-issued pre-abortion booklet. The other would ban abortions performed after 20 weeks post-fertilization.

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The 83rd Texas Legislature: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

What does the 83rd Texas Legislature hold for the future reproductive and sexual health of the state's residents?

What does the 83rd Texas Legislature hold for the future reproductive and sexual health of the state’s residents?

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Legal Wrap: Marriage Equality, Contraception, and the NRA Teaming Up With Anti-Abortion Groups

Sacramento, California, November 22, 2008: Protest against the passage of Proposition 8

While the Supreme Court took up marriage equality, the NRA and anti-abortion groups joined forces to block an important judicial appointment.

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Dear Conservative Christian Leaders: Why Are You Silent About Rape?

I am writing because you have been stunningly and tellingly silent on one of the most pressing moral and social issues we face today: rape.

I am writing because conservative Christian leaders have been stunningly and tellingly silent on one of the most pressing moral and social issues we face today: rape.

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Kentucky Settlement: Tax-Funded Child-Care Agencies Can’t Discriminate Based on Religion

Child's hands on book

Child-care agencies that contract with the state will now have to ensure that children are not pressured into participating in religious worship or instruction.

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Legal Wrap: Steubenville Rape Culture and Corporations as ‘Vessels’ of Faith

law and justice symbols in the library

Last week brought a mixed bag of decisions for reproductive justice advocates.

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Watch Texas Sen. Dan Patrick Snipe and Holler His Way Through a Sex Ed Hearing

Texas Senator Dan Patrick

Patrick wants to keep Planned Parenthood from providing sex education curriculum in public schools. Watch how he treats citizens who respectfully disagree with him.

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Anti-Choice Groups in Ohio Locked in Power Struggle Over Heartbeat Bans, Medicaid, and Money

Anti-choicers in Clifton, Ohio.

Ohio Pro-Life Action (OPLA) and Cincinnati Right to Life (CRTL) are trying to drive Ohio Right to Life out of existence in a power struggle over Medicaid expansion, heartbeat bans, and… donor funding. 

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Progressive Religious Leaders Seek to Shift the Conversation on Contraception and Abortion in Texas

Rev. Ellen Cooper-Davis, a Unitarian Universalist minister from Houston, leads Texas clergy members in a prayer for increased access to contraception at the Texas state capitol.

Last week, clergy from across the state of Texas gathered at the capitol building in Austin to show their support for access to contraception. Clad in collars, stoles and other religious garb, they stood in the outdoor rotunda to call, publicly, for legislators to stop their ongoing attacks on Texans’ freedom to choose when and whether to have children.

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Texas ALEC Chair Files “Preborn Pain Act,” as Promised by Rick Perry

Texas capitol building.

This morning, ALEC-affiliated Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker) filed the state legislature’s first attempt to ban abortions after 20 weeks—the so-called Preborn Pain Act.

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