Women’S Health Affiliate Bloggers

Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) signed a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, just one day after the reveal of a draft opinion that indicates the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. The bill, which was passed earlier this week by the […]

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – Local analysts and stakeholders are weighting-in Tuesday after a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked Monday night. “The initial leak itself is unprecedented, like everyone I was shocked,” said Lucas Loafman, Assoc. Professor of Management at Texas A&M University – Central […]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Friday to halt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health order used by federal immigration officials to expel migrants, including asylum-seekers, at the U.S.-Mexico border. Title 42, which was enacted […]

If the ruling was overturned, a trigger law would go into effect in Texas 30 days after. MIDLAND, Texas — The leaked draft about the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has people and politicians on both sides of the issue speaking out. “This is a backslide for […]

Texas land commissioner candidate Tim Westley recently compared health screenings for immigrants to medical appointment wait times for veterans. He said, “When we talk about illegal immigration, and we have illegal immigrants that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months. And here’s the catch … not only […]

As Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana and Texas, keep an eye on the storm via this collection of webcams. Laura, which was upgraded Wednesday to a Category 4 hurricane, is expected to make landfall near the southwestern border of Louisiana and the southeastern border of Texas sometime late Wednesday […]

“I firmly believe that these actions and these laws are politically motivated, but they are harming very vulnerable trans youth and gender diverse youth and their families,” she said. “I think that it is time to stand up, to speak out, and I’m taking the opportunity … to do exactly […]

Hasan Piker tweeted the night of Monday, May 2 that he has donated $2,581 to Frontera Fund, a nonprofit that funds women’s efforts in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas to gain access to reproductive health services including abortions. He made the donation hours after a draft opinion from […]

AUSTIN — Health care costs for teachers and other school district employees won’t increase next school year, and some might see a one-time decrease in their premiums, GOP state leaders have announced. On Friday, a teacher group lobbyist said the move averts “a pretty whopping increase” that nearly 500,000 educators […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states hopeful that the conservative U.S. Supreme Court will uphold new restrictions. “I want Oklahoma to be the […]