Clergy Members Call on Legislature to Reverse Cuts to Family Planning Services for Low-Income Women FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2013 Clergy from around Texas gathered at the state Capitol in Austin today to support women’s access to birth control and to call on lawmakers to restore funding for family planning services for low-income women. […]
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Texas Senate Education Committee to Take Up Pro-Vouchers, Anti-Sex Ed Bills on Tuesday
The Texas Freedom Network will be focused Tuesday on two bills being heard by the Senate Education Committee: one that would create an expensive private school voucher program and another that could effectively end sex education in much of the state. Senate Bill 115 by state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, would create a voucher […]
The Week in Quotes (Feb. 24 – March 2)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Democratic Senator Agrees to File Tax Credit Voucher Scheme in Texas Lege
TAKE ACTION: Click here — www.tfn.org/novouchers — for more on how you can tell Sen. Lucio NOT to file his tax credit voucher bill. *** State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, has been promising that the Senate Education Committee he chairs will consider legislation giving tax credits to businesses that donate money for student “scholarships” to […]
Texans in Large Numbers Support State Funding for Family Planning Services
So we know that a huge majority of registered voters in Texas — 68 percent — say women having access to family planning and birth control is important. But what about state funding? Last month’s poll from the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund found that an even larger percentage of registered voters in Texas — […]
