โNever in a million years did I think it would apply to meโ: Woman thrown in abortion ban debate
A case that made headlines around the world. A pregnant Texas mother was thrown in the middle of the abortion ban debate. Her life was in danger and doctors were confused about what they could do to help. Health reporter Haley Hernandez has her story and looks into the impact the abortion ban is having on womenโs health.
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Watch Texas Tribune journalists discuss their experience on a rural reproductive health project
Reporter Eleanor Klibanoff and photojournalist Shelby Tauber talked with Tribune editor Terri Langford about their reporting on a story of a 26-year-old Texan who was told her twin sons had a zero percent chance of survival after childbirth.
โAn epidemicโ: Syphilis rages through Texas, causing newborn cases to climb amid treatment shortage
Syphilis rates in Texas continue to climb, alarming healthcare workers who see the highest increases among pregnant people and newborns. A shortage of treatment is complicating efforts to combat it.
Texas lawmakers keep anti-abortion amendment in postpartum Medicaid extension proposal
A committee of House and Senate members agreed to a plan to extend Medicaid coverage for a year after childbirth โ with a controversial anti-abortion amendment attached. The bill now goes to both chambers for a final vote.
Texas House votes to repeal sales tax on menstrual products and diapers
The bill, which Democrats have been pushing for years, has become a top priority after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The Senate has already passed the bill, which would provide tax relief on the purchase of menstrual products, diapers and other child care necessities.
Texas House moves to expand Medicaid coverage to new moms for a year after childbirth
New moms would be able to maintain their health insurance for up to a year after childbirth under the proposal, which also passed the House last session. The Senate previously reduced it to just six months of coverage.
Federal judge dismisses Wendy Davisโ challenge to Texas abortion ban
Davis, best known for her 13-hour filibuster of a 2013 abortion bill, sought to block the stateโs ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. A federal judge found Davis had not โarticulated a credible, imminent threat.โ
New Texas maternal mortality report shows disparities persist
The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee report, delayed by more than three months, estimates that up to 90% of the deaths may have been preventable. Severe complications from pregnancy and childbirth also increased significantly.
Harris Health rolls out $1M mobile unit to screen 6K women for breast cancer
Harris Health System rolled out a brand new 45-foot mammography mobile unit with the goal of screening about 6,000 women a year for breast cancer. The $1 million mobile unit will take 3D mammography screening capability to neighborhoods across the county.
How Texasโ abortion laws turned a heartbreaking fetal diagnosis into a cross-country journey
โIt was just a matter of time before the baby died, or maybe Iโd have to go through the trauma of carrying to term knowing I wasnโt bringing a baby home,โ said 27-year-old Lauren Hall. โI couldnโt do that.โ
Delayed: Mandatory maternal mortality rate data wonโt be ready for Texas lawmakers in time for 2023 session
Lawmakers say they need the latest pregnancy-related death data to more precisely address the problem during the legislative session. But delays means they wonโt see it until after the session ends.
Religious employers need not cover PrEP in their health plans, federal judge rules
U.S. District Judge Reed OโConnorโs ruling could threaten access to sexual and reproductive health care for more than 150 million working Americans on employer-sponsored health care plans. The ruling will likely be appealed.
Video: Acompaรฑantes en Mรฉxico ayudan a realizar abortos en casa. Su red de apoyo se expande a Texas.
En algunos estados de Mรฉxico, donde el aborto todavรญa no es legal, redes de acompaรฑantes proveen medicamento y apoyo emocional para que las personas puedan realizar abortos en casa. Debido a que el acceso al aborto en Texas es cada vez mรกs limitado, estas redes estรกn comenzando a formarse en Estados Unidos.
Watch: Volunteer acompaรฑantes in Mexico aid at-home abortions. Their network is expanding to Texas.
In parts of Mexico where abortion has not been legalized, women rely on volunteer networks to provide medication and emotional support for at-home abortions. As access to abortion is shut down in Texas, similar networks are being built in the U.S.
Can adoption replace abortion? Experts say itโs a lot more complicated than it sounds
Experts on adoption and abortion say lawmakers must work to provide financial and mental health support to birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees in order to make the adoption process a better option for those with unwanted pregnancies.
State, feds say six-month maternal Medicaid coverage still under review
HHSC said it was initially told the plan was โnot approvable.โ Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texasโ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review.
Texas universities grapple with how to provide reproductive health care information to students amid new abortion laws
The changing legal landscape is raising questions for public colleges about how to talk to students about reproductive health care options and creating hesitancy among students about whether they can trust their universitiesโ health centers.
Texas hospitals are putting pregnant patients at risk by denying care out of fear of abortion laws, medical group says
Medical professionals across the state have expressed confusion over what care they can provide amid Texasโ abortion ban, leading to some patients allegedly receiving delayed care or being turned away.
Texas sues after Biden administration issues guidance saying doctors can perform abortions in emergencies
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues the Biden administration is violating the stateโs โsovereign interestโ by reassuring the nationโs doctors they can perform abortions in medical emergencies.
Linda Coffee argued Roe v. Wade. Now, sheโs watching its demise.
Coffee was just 30 when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with her argument that the constitutional right to privacy extended to abortion: โI thought, OK, well this is done now. I was thinking the [abortion] question was settled for as long as the country lasted.โ
Local efforts to decriminalize abortion in Texas likely wonโt help clinics stay open
District attorneys and local leaders in five counties have promised not to pursue criminal charges related to the stateโs new abortion laws. But civil and administrative fines could be financially devastating or cost health care providers their licenses.
Texas GOP platform calls for ban on teaching โsexual matters,โ while requiring students to learn about โdignity of the preborn humanโ
The party planks specify what the Texas GOP believes students should and should not be taught in the classroom about gender and sex, signaling further shifts to the right. Critics say such policies would be harmful and discriminatory.
A Texas abortion clinic survived decades of restrictions. The Supreme Court may finally put it out of business.
Abortion clinics, and the patients they serve, have always had to adapt to changing laws and tightening restrictions. But the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver the fatal blow theyโve been dodging for decades.
Abortion restrictions threaten care for pregnant patients, providers say
Womenโs health care providers are holding back when counseling pregnant patients about treatment options, doctors report pharmacists are hesitant to distribute some prescriptions, and OB-GYN training is diminishing for Texas medical school students.
Texas Supreme Court deals final blow to federal abortion law challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court left abortion providers only the narrowest avenue to challenge the ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Fridayโs Texas Supreme Court ruling has effectively ended that federal legal challenge.
Texasโ โmaternity desertsโ grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units
Only 40% of Texasโ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely.
Texas abortion funds struggle to meet demand for out-of-state abortion assistance
But some Texas nonprofit groups dedicated to paying for the medical costs of abortion say they have more money than patients to give it to โ a likely symptom of fewer people being able to access the procedure because of the new law.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Texasโ near-total abortion ban Monday. Hereโs what you need to know.
The high courtโs proceedings will focus on how Senate Bill 8 is enforced. Itโs hard to predict what the court could decide, but its ruling will likely determine the future of abortion care in Texas and shape the legal battles to come.
For Texans who want a child but have difficult pregnancies, the new abortion law just made that journey even harder
Genetic screenings can help determine if a fetus will have certain conditions โ or even be viable. But those usually occur at the end of the first trimester, long after Texas' new abortion law bans people from terminating their pregnancies.
Federal judge will hear Texasโ arguments against temporarily blocking abortion ban before ruling on Biden administration request
Instead of immediately acting on the request, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Pitman set an Oct. 1 hearing to consider arguments before ruling. The law will have been in effect for one month by that time.
As Texans fill up abortion clinics in other states, low-income people get left behind
Texasโ near-total ban on abortions is sending patients out of state for the procedure. Advocates say many immigrants and women of color canโt leave, and thatโs increasing the inequities their communities suffer.
Texas lawmakers split over how long to extend Medicaid health coverage for new mothers
Maternal health advocates said the bill โ originally pitched as a one-year extension โ could reduce the stateโs maternal mortality rate and offer vital help to mothers grappling with conditions like postpartum depression or health complications in the months after giving birth.
Despite high rate of teen pregnancies, Texas lawmakers unlikely to expand Childrenโs Health Insurance Program to cover birth control
Her medical insurance at the time was provided by the Texas Childrenโs Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, which provides health care to adolescents whose families are low-income but make too much to qualify for Medicaid. CHIP provided coverage for her medicine, doctors appointments and other medical needs but unlike Medicaid, it typically does not cover the cost of birth control โ something that Johnson needed to regulate her menstrual cycle.
Houston doctor shares the importance of breast cancer screenings during a pandemic
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