With the 85th Texas Legislature set to convene in Austin on Jan. 10, we’re already seeing proposed bills that would make it even harder for women to access abortion and other reproductive health care services in the state. Politicians in Texas and elsewhere simply refuse to trust women to make decisions about whether and when to have children. […]
Reproductive Rights
For the Religious Right, It’s All about Shaming
The right in America seems increasingly hostile to science and facts. We see that clearly in debates over issues like climate change and evolution. But it’s also a big problem when it comes to sex education — especially if it involves anything to do with LGBTQ youth. The latest example: an essay from a religious-right author that […]
Will Texas Schools Use Squirrels to Teach Sex Education?
Are Texas public school students going to learn that using contraception is as “unnatural” as underwater, tap-dancing squirrels? The state sure seems to be inviting that kind of nonsense into its Abstinence Education Program. […]
HIV in the Water Supply?
Common tactics within the anti-abortion movement include plenty of fear mongering and promoting of bunk science. If you can even call it science. Take, for example, Carol Everett of the anti-abortion organization The Heidi Group. Everett was on Fox 7 Austin this week defending a move by Texas officials, with the support of Gov. Greg Abbott, […]
TEXANS TO JANE NELSON: STOP IGNORING THE FACTS ON WOMEN’S HEALTH
Triumphant Boasts about Increasing Budgets and Providers Belie the Facts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 1, 2016 AUSTIN – Today the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, as part of its Texas: State of Denial campaign (StateOfDenialTX.org), delivered almost 7,000 letters from Texans to Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, calling on her to stop playing politics and […]
