Clik here to view.
What’s Next For Abortion In Texas?
Last summer, after the shouting died down and the omnibus abortion bill HB2 was signed into law by Governor Perry, the future of abortion access in Texas moved from the legislature to the courts. So...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When You Hear Someone Talk about “Ebola Symptoms,” They Are Just Talking...
Let’s make this clear: If we went into the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan, the sole confirmed U.S. Ebola patient (who, sadly, died from the disease yesterday morning), stayed before going back to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Does Wendy Davis’s Ad Cross the Line in Mentioning the Accident that Put Greg...
Wendy Davis’ latest campaign ad was released on Friday. It opens by explaining that Republican Gubernatorial nominee Greg Abbott was disabled after a tree fell on him in 1984, before describing cases...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Supreme Court Has Finally Gotten Involved in the Texas Abortion Battle
For over a year now, the players in the battle over abortion in Texas have been clearly identified, and so has the power differential: The majority of the legislature supported the new laws that had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Nurse From Texas Who Has Been Quarantined In New Jersey Is Being Released
Kaci Hickox became news over the weekend when the UT-Arlington graduate wrote an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News with the help of Dr. Seema Yasmin, who writes for the paper and also worked with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where Does HB2 Stand Now?
The fate of HB2, the omnibus abortion law that passed in 2013 despite an unprecedented amount of public opposition, is still in question, nearly 18 months after being signed into law. Aspects of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Texas Got an F- on the Reproductive Health Report Card
If the state of Texas was a student in your reproductive health class, it would be the one who walks in late everyday, sits in the back row, and proceeds to shoot spit balls at the teacher throughout...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A 9-Year-Old Girl is about to Become the Face of Medical Marijuana Activism...
Here’s the easiest campaign ad in the world for someone to run: “In 2015, my opponent voted for marijuana laws that made it legal for a 9-year-old to get high.” Theoretically, that’s what Alexis...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Texas Legislature and Rick Perry Are Pro-Vaccination
The debate over whether or not parents should vaccinate their kids has raged for some time, but it’s become a hot-button political issue like never before in recent weeks: 123 active cases of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saginaw ISD Placed an Assistant Principal on Leave for Experiencing Uterine...
Back in January, an assistant principal at Comanche Springs Elementary School, in Saginaw, had a medical emergency: during a district training session, Kourtney Glaser started experiencing a series of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The American Pharmacists Association Says It’s Unethical to Manufacture...
Pharmacists aren’t just retailers, they’re medical professionals. And the professional organization to which they belong just made a big change to its ethical guidelines this week: to wit, that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The City of Brazoria Exempted Its Police Interrogation Room From Smoking Ban
Smoking bans have become less controversial as more of them have been enacted around the state (and, indeed, around the world). And bans in government buildings are especially hard to argue with:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here’s What We Know So Far About the Texas Women’s Health Program
It’s been four years since former Texas governor Rick Perry signed a budget that basically ended funding for clinics in Texas that are affiliated with abortions providers, specifically clinics like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Most Walkable Cities in Texas
When it comes to walkable cities, Texas tends to get a failing grade. It’s well-deserved: compared with cities like New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Philadelphia, we don’t offer walkers much. It’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blue Bellghazi Continues: Total Recall Issued for All Products Everywhere
On Sunday HEB announced that—following the new safety protocols that Blue Bell had announced at its Brenham creamery—they would be the first supermarket chain to begin offering the beleagured ice...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here’s What the 2015 Texas Legislature Has Had to Say About Abortion So Far
The Eighty-third Texas Legislature will always be known for the abortion debate that brought thousands to the Capitol, made a (very brief) international sensation out of former state senator Wendy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Omnibus Abortion Bill Is Headed to the Texas Senate Floor
A bill that would dramatically strengthen restrictions for minors hoping to use the judicial bypass process to receive an abortion was approved Tuesday by the Senate Health and Human Services...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Left the Anti-Abortion Bill HB2 Mostly Intact
Since the summer of 2013, there’s been an ongoing question regarding just how accessible abortion in the state was going to be in the wake of the passage of the 83rd legislature’s HB2, the so-called...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Stay on HB2, Setting Up a Major Abortion Decision...
These are interesting times, especially if you’re a Supreme Court observer. While the ruling on gay marriage—as well as recent rulings on Obamacare, housing discrimination, congressional districting,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
El Paso’s Abortion Clinic Can Reopen, At Least For Now
Abortion laws in Texas became international news in 2013, back when Wendy Davis was wearing pink sneakers and a filibuster in the Capitol drew 180,000 people to a live stream. In the two years since...
View Article
