The Senate just gave preliminary approval to an amended version of SB1978, the religious right's so-called "Save Chick-fil-A" bill shielding businesses that promote discrimination against LGBT Texans. We just sent out the following statement:…… Read More

Texas Freedom Network and Texas Rising Activists were at the state Capitol today to fight back against one of the worst voter suppression bills in the country. Check out our press release:…… Read More

Today Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took a big step forward in his obsession with passing a bill targeting LGBT Texans for discrimination. The lieutenant governor rushed through committee -- with virtually no notice or public hearing -- passage of SB1978. We just sent out the following press release. Read More

The anti-abortion ideologues who run the Texas Health and Human Services Commission want Texans to wear pink for women's health on Tuesday. But that kind of chutzpah should have a lot of Texas women seeing red. Read More

Just how extreme has the Texas Senate become under Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick? The chamber just passed a bill forcing women to carry to term a fetus suffering such a severe anomaly that it cannot survive. And the bill's author claimed he was just closing a 'loophole' in the law. Another cruel lie. Another anti-abortion law. We sent out the following press statement. Read More