Oklahoma state Rep. Doug Cox, a physician who has delivered more than 800 babies, is frustrated with his Republican colleagues who want legislation limiting women’s access to both abortion and contraception. In a column in The Oklahoman newspaper, Cox asks with dismay: “What happened to the Republican Party that I joined? The party where conservative […]
Reproductive Rights
Big Defeats for the Far Right's Culture Warriors in the 2013 Texas Legislative Session
We just sent out the following press release: Today Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller had the following comments on the end of the legislative session: “Going into this legislative session, culture warriors insisted that they would focus on divisive issues like passing private school vouchers, undermining sex education and continuing their attacks on women’s […]
Culture Wars Took a Back Seat to Solving Real Problems in 2013 Legislative Session
Culture Wars Took a Back Seat to Solving Real Problems in 2013 Legislative Session Extremism, Ideological Purity Undermine Influence of Far-Right Legislators FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2013 Today Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller had the following comments on the end of the legislative session: “Going into this legislative session, culture warriors insisted that […]
Texas Observer Report: State Failed to Spend Available Family Planning Money as Clinics Closed
It was bad enough that Texas lawmakers in 2011 cut funding for family planning services for low-income women by two-thirds. Scores of family planning clinics closed around the state, and tens of thousands of women lost access to those critical services. But now the Texas Observer reports that the state even failed to spend federal […]
This Man Is Vile
One of the reasons abortion continues to be such a divisive issue is rhetoric like the following from Texas congressman Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood. In a press release on Monday, Stockman referred to Kermit Gosnell’s murder and involuntary manslaughter convictions in the deaths of three babies and a woman at a grisly abortion clinic in Philadelphia. […]
