AUSTIN – Recounting the state’s central place in a decades-long battle, reproductive health care advocates in Texas today called upon the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a draconian law that undermines the court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 establishing the right to abortion. […]
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Religious, Civil Liberties Groups Tell Texas Senators: Discrimination Doesn’t Protect Religious Freedom
Advocates at State Affairs Hearing Push Back Against Arguments That Anti-Discrimination Laws Threaten Religious Liberty FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN – Religious and civil liberties groups today warned Texas senators that religious freedom has never meant the right to use faith as a weapon to discriminate against others or to ignore laws that everyone else must […]
FAITH LEADERS CALL ON GOV. ABBOTT TO STOP INTERFERING WITH WOMEN’S FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Clergy Sign Open Letter as Federal Judge Prepares to Hear Lawsuit over Medicaid Funding Ban for Health Care Services at Planned Parenthood Clinics FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2015 Clergy from diverse faith traditions across Texas are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to stop interfering with the freedom of women to see providers of their […]
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SLAPS DOWN SBOE POWER GRAB
Formal AG’S Opinion Rejects Effort to Give the State Board of Education Authority to Set Rules for Local Textbook Adoptions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2015 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office today released a formal opinion saying that the State Board of Education does not have authority under Texas law to set rules for […]
TEXAS EDUCATION BOARD REJECTS QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEXTBOOK REVIEWERS
Two Days after Rejecting Fact-Check Panels for University Academics, Board Votes Down Proposal to Set Standards for Citizen Reviewers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2015 State Board of Education today rejected a new proposal to set specific criteria for determining whether individuals are qualified to review textbooks submitted for adoption in Texas. Texas Freedom Network […]
