On this page, you’ll find information on what abortion access looks like post-Roe in Texas.
While there is still much uncertainty in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s fall, there is one thing we do know: Our fight to make abortion permanently legal, safe, and accessible for everyone cannot and will not stop. Our care for our communities cannot and will not stop.
Status of Abortion Access in Texas
Protect & Support Abortion Access in a Post-Roe World
Rallies, Actions, & Events Calendar
This section will be updated as we learn about new online actions, events, and rallies. This is not an exhaustive list, but we hope you’ll be able to find an event or action that works for you!
Online Actions
“Cecile Richards has created generations of troublemakers who will never stop fighting for the Texas we deserve and the communities we love. She spent her entire lifetime lifting up women and people from underrepresented communities—centering us and giving us the space to be in our power and create change. Her passing is a devastating loss to our movement, but the echo of her life will live on in every rally we hold, testimony we deliver, and vote we cast.”
Texas Freedom Network President Felicia Martin (she/her/ella)
Read More About Our Reproductive Justice Work
Visit our blog to learn more about our current & past work to fight for reproductive justice and destigmatize abortion care pre and post-Roe.
Austin, TX has the second-highest score for reproductive freedom among any other city in a red state! Here’s how we helped:
NIRH’s local reproductive freedom index shows that Austin, Texas has the second highest score for reproductive freedom among any other city in a state with the “most restrictive” abortion bans as of 2023 (according to the Guttmacher Institute). While Austin hasn’t had a major ballot initiative giving voters the chance to reaffirm their support for abortion protections, Austin has passed a slate of protections for abortion seekers and those experiencing pregnancy loss called the GRACE Act. TFN directly advocated for the passage of the initiative in 2022 alongside partners.
While the GRACE Act failed to pass the same year in El Paso, after TFN and Texas Rising’s endorsed candidates for City Council took office in 2023, El Paso was able to pass the same act, though less direct protections for abortion are included in El Paso’s act compared to Austin.
While other cities in Texas scored by the index garnered lower scores than Austin, they remain average compared to cities in other restrictive states. Within Texas, a direct correlation can be made between voter turnout and progressive stances on abortion and reproductive health access:
Travis County had 52% turnout for registered voters in 2022 compared to 43% in Harris County and 33% in El Paso County.
Texas Freedom Network Mourns the Passing of Founder and Renowned Social Justice Champion Cecile Richards
Texas Freedom Network mourns the loss of Cecile Richards, who today passed away. Richards was surrounded by family and loved ones.
Elections are not the beginning or end
Levi’s cactus, Mike Actus If I may: stretch out of the fetal position. Take a deep breath. Put on whatever jacket makes you feel confident, and strike a power pose. My therapist made me get a new cactus, so maybe do that, too. Take another deep breath. I am not about to tell you that…
Amarillo Voters Reject Prop A, Anti-Abortion Travel Ban
Prop A, a controversial 18-page ordinance that sought to impose severe anti-abortion restrictions within the city, was rejected by voters. Texas Freedom Network’s program, Just Texas, worked alongside partner organizations to educate voters about Prop A ahead of the election FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 6, 2024 CONTACT: Imelda Mejia (she/hers), [email protected] AMARILLO, Texas – In a…
Val Benavidez Concludes Historic Tenure as Texas Freedom Network’s First Latina President
Texas Freedom Network President and Executive Director Val Benavidez will depart from her role on December 31 after 18 years with TFN.
Majority of Americans Support Abortion Access Two Years After Dobbs
Two years after Dobbs, we have now lived 730 days without the constitutional right to abortion. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through their ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, creating a treacherous patchwork of state and local laws criminalizing abortion. In the years following the decision, vague…
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TFN President Val Benavidez’s Statement on the Dobbs Decision
“For years, we have known that the day when abortion access would be challenged, and possibly stolen, at the Supreme Court was coming. Still, it is devastating to learn that the far-right’s totalitarian vision for the future has come to fruition with the U.S. Supreme Court’s official ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“We know that the majority of the country opposes abortion bans, but far-right politicians continue to criminalize and weaponize our bodies for political power and control–a tactic we’re all too familiar with in Texas, where a six-week abortion ban has been in effect since September 2021. We also know that while Roe deserved to be protected, legality alone has never been enough to provide equitable access to abortion care for Black, rural, LGBTQIA+, and other historically marginalized communities. We will never stop fighting for policies that let all people know they are trusted to make their own pregnancy decisions.
“Abortion is healthcare and it should be a protected, accessible right for everyone. While today we mourn this loss and the Court’s failure, we must transform our grief into action by caring for our communities, taking our rage to the ballot box, and continuing to fight in the courts, in Congress, and at the state legislature for changes that protect our right to abortion once and for all.”
