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Texas To Seek Universal Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Screening: Will It Be Used to Further Shame Women?
September 16, 2011 - 1:17pm (Print)
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State health officials in Texas say asking women a few questions can dramatically decrease their alcohol use during pregnancy.
Rick Perry Changes His Tune on Social Issues at the Slightest Complaint from Religious Fundamentalists
August 25, 2011 - 11:51am (Print)
The best way to find out what a Perry presidency would look like for women and social issues writ large? Look at what far-right, conservative, religious and evangelical power players want him to do; whatever it is, he'll do it.
American Life League's Questions on Facebook: They're Not Asking "What Would Jesus Do"
August 10, 2011 - 7:22am (Print)
Is there a link between an anti-choice group goading Facebook followers into sharing their anti-choice savior fantasies and violent anti-choice vigilante justice?
Surprise! Crisis Pregnancy Centers Don’t Separate Education, Religion
July 26, 2011 - 11:31am (Print)
The Texas Independent reports today on violations ranging from fire safety to client privacy in Texas’ many “alternatives to abortion” contractors.
Bodily Autonomy, Abortion and Orange Drink: Or, What I Learned In Youth Group
June 23, 2011 - 8:06am (Print)
I spent my formative years believing my body, my life and my choices were not my own, but a kind of joint property between myself, God, my parents and my church friends and family. As such, my body and my behavior was up for discussion and judgment. Is it any wonder then, that I'm afraid, as a single woman, to be pregnant?
A Big Week For Big Government In Your Texan Uterus
June 14, 2011 - 8:58am (Print)
Cramps worse than usual this week, Texas ladies? Perhaps it's because there's so many Texas legislators running rampant in your ladyparts.
"The Pill Kills" Protesters Unwittingly Help Hundreds of North Texans Get Contraception
June 6, 2011 - 2:19pm (Print)
A Catholic group claims contraceptives kill women, children and marriage, despite scientific evidence to the contrary. Rather than refute preposterous claims, Planned Parenthood raised nearly $7,000 in response to protesters.
Why Should Feminists Stay in the Lone Star State? To Mess With Texas
May 24, 2011 - 8:48am (Print)
I’m not the feminist savior of Texas, but if I don’t leave, and if my feminist friends don’t leave, maybe we can bring more people to our side. Maybe if we don't leave, we can change the conversation instead of scoffing and tsking from outside while anti-feminist, anti-woman laws and social practices leave a legacy of lasting, visceral harm on real, live Texans.
With "Informed Consent" Bill, Texas Legislators Serve the Needs of... Texas Legislators
May 4, 2011 - 9:07am (Print)
During Monday's smug, self-congratulating second reading of House Bill 15, a Republican talk radio host from Houston, may not have realized how much he slipped when he said he liked the bill because of its power in "addressing the needs of the members in the House and the Senate."
It's a Rainy Day in Texas for Women and Children
April 12, 2011 - 8:27pm (Print)
