So now the truth comes out: anti-abortion activists paid Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision in 1973, to support their efforts later in her life. Their willingness to cheat and lie to ban abortion has been exposed for all to see. Check out our press release: […]
Reproductive Rights
Texas has become a laboratory for bad ideas when it comes to reproductive rights. In recent years state lawmakers have passed some of the toughest anti-abortion measures in the country, essentially making the procedure almost inaccessible for many Texas women.
The Texas Freedom Network supports efforts to ensure women have access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. That access requires adequate state funding and broad availability of birth control, especially for low-income women.
Resources
- Just Texas: Faith Voices for Reproductive Justice
- Just Say Don’t Know: Sex Education in Texas Public Schools (2009 report)
- Sex Education in Public Schools: Progress in the Lone Star State (2011 report)
- Texans Stand Up for Access to Birth Control: Results from a Statewide Survey of Texas Voters (2013 report)
TFN President: Ken Paxton Cynically Embraces Guns While Barring Essential Health Care
Federal Appeals Court Backs AG’s Threat to Fine, Jail Abortion Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic Just Days After He Declares Gun Stores Are Essential Businesses […]
Texas AG Ken Paxton Wants to Block Public Employees from Making Personal Paycheck Decisions He Doesn’t Like
While Texans were celebrating a new year, state Attorney General Ken Paxton decided to ring in 2020 with an ugly dose of anti-abortion politics. On Jan. 2 he quietly released a formal opinion suggesting that state law bars public employees from having donations to Planned Parenthood deducted from their paychecks. Check out our press release: […]
Faith Leaders Speak Out Against Abortion Bans
Progressive faith leaders are speaking out in support of women’s access to all reproductive health care services, including abortion care. Today Just Texas, a project of the Texas Freedom Network, released an open letter signed by more than 170 clergy and faith leaders from across the state who oppose efforts to pass abortion bans in […]
Heidi Group Scam Highlights the Dangers of Playing Politics with Women’s Health Care
Texas investigators have ordered the anti-abortion Heidi Group to repay at least $1.5 million to taxpayers for overpayments and other alarming irregularities while contracted with the state to provide reproductive health care services to women. The group, which served only a fraction of the tens of thousands of women it promised to provide services for, got the money […]
