TX: Reproductive Health
New study shows health disparities cost TX billions of dollars
Health disparities in Texas are not only making some people sick, but affecting the state's economy. A new study shows Texas is losing $7 billion a …
Abortion pill pipeline increases availability in 'red states'
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service …
As Costs Escalate, Texas Increases Nonmedical Maternal Health Care
Texas is recognizing maternal health care is not just about doctor's visits, with a new law taking effect this fall to enhance screening for …
Children's Advocates Lament 'Missed Opportunities' by TX Lawmakers
A child advocacy group in Texas is already looking ahead to the 2025 legislative session, after several policy changes it supported this year failed …
Showdown Over Abortion Medication Continues
The battle over a prescription drug used in abortions continues, now to be heard by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on May 17. The pill…
Dueling Opinions Likely to Send Abortion Issue to U.S. Supreme Court
Access to medication abortion will be front and center this week after two competing court rulings, in Texas and Washington, were handed down Friday…
TX Court Ruling with Nationwide Implications for Abortion Expected Soon
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service …
TX Judge to Decide Abortion Pill Case with Nationwide Repercussions
Medication is now believed to be used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S., but a Texas judge could soon force one of two abortion pills …
Anti-Abortion Groups Ask Texas Judge to Ban Mailing Abortion Pills
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service …
Texas Abortion Poll: Lawmakers Out of Step With Constituents
Texas soon will enact one of the strictest abortion bans in the country - and a majority of voters don't like it. Three out of four - 77% of the …
Study: Maternal Deaths Would Skyrocket with Nationwide Abortion Ban
Texas is home to one in 10 Americans of reproductive age, and mandated births due to the state's abortion ban will increase the number of maternal …
High Court's Abortion Ruling Sets Up Texas Ban, Criminalization
The ruling on abortion by the U.S. Supreme Court has returned the issue to the states, fulfilling long-held goals of Republican lawmakers in Texas to …