Introducing HB 3369: The My Body, My Future Bill
State Representative Ana-Maria Ramos Introduces the My Body, My Future Bill to Expand Youth Access to Birth Control in Texas State Representative Ana-Maria Ramos (HD 102) has filed the My Body, My Future Bill, HB 3369, to allow young people under the age of 18 in...
Learning the Lege: Who Are These People?!?!
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, House, Senate…there’s a lot of different roles in our state legislature, and it’s not always obvious what their deal is. So let’s just walk through the quick and dirty description of the roles in state government...
How a Bill Becomes Law…or Not
In the last post we walked through how to track a bill as it moves through the legislative process — but what’s the process? Knowing what happens at each step will help you know when you need to show up and take action during the Texas legislative session....
Learning the Lege: Let’s Track Bills
Democracy means we all have a voice in the legislative process, and being involved in the legislative session includes knowing what is on the table, when it’s being acted on, and who to contact. The legislature’s website is a bit clunky, but it has quite a lot of...
Moving into 2021 with Hope
2020 has been a year full of unimaginable challenges but also powerful moments of hope. COVID-19 has drastically changed our world and taken the health and lives of far too many people. Texas officials tried to politicize the pandemic and shut down abortion clinics in...From the Blog
Statement on SB 33 going into effect in TexasSeptember 1, 2025SB 33, Texas’s ban on municipal funding for abortion support, became effective today, …
June 2025 Impact and UpdatesJuly 31, 2025Here’s what we accomplished in June: Answered 554 calls and texts to our helplines …
JDP Executive Director Lucie Arvallo testifies in front of the US Senate about the right to contraceptive accessJuly 16, 2025On July 16, 2025, our Executive Director, Lucie Arvallo, was invited to testify before the …