Personal Memories of Phyllis Schlafly
By Tina Hester, Executive Director of Jane’s Due Process Updated on 09/07/16 with edits from the version published on Rewire. In 1993, long before sustained public campaigns to destigmatize abortion, I outed myself as a woman who’d had an abortion to conservative...Back to School: Know Your Rights as a Pregnant or Parenting Teen
Even if you are under 18, it is still your right to decide what to do about your pregnancy. You are not alone; in 2011, almost 60,000 teenagers in Texas found out that they were pregnant. If you are pregnant, you have three options: abortion, adoption, or parenting....
Catch 22: Parental Consent Laws and Legally Disabling Teen Mothers
By Rosann Mariappuram and Morgan Shelburne Rosann and Morgan are the president and vice-president of UT Law’s Law Student Students for Reproductive Justice chapter. They are both JDP hotline volunteers, and Rosann is this summer’s JDP legal intern. When a...Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt SCOTUS Decision: Protecting the Dignity of all Texans Accessing Abortion Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2016 For media interviews, contact: Tina Hester, Executive Director, (512) 450-4899 Susan Hays, Legal Counsel, (214) 557-4819 Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt SCOTUS Decision: Protecting the Dignity of all Texans Accessing Abortion...From the Blog
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