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Ruth Bader Ginsburg has always been a champion of reproductive rights. She’s become a pop culture icon, with a biography titled Notorious RBG. Recently, she coined another catch phrase at a speaking engagement at Georgetown University. Justice Ginsburg was asked...
What the Texas Legislature is Trying to Do Will Make You Mad
If you’re familiar with Jane’s Due Process, you already know the obstacles pregnant teens face when seeking legal help and accessing abortion care. If they don’t have supportive parents – or if they don’t have parents, period – they...
Roe v. Wade: Then, Now, and What if?
by Savanna Fox In late 1969 a young woman in Texas was pregnant, and didn’t want to be. She wanted to get an abortion, but at this time, abortion was illegal in Texas. She talked to some attorneys, and they filed a case challenging the laws that made abortion illegal....
Happy Anniversary, WWH v. Hellerstedt!
One year ago today, we celebrated the Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that struck down House Bill 2, Texas’s omnibus abortion bill that passed in 2013 despite Wendy Davis’s filibuster. We fought against HB2 every step of...
Talking to Your Parent(s) About Pregnancy and Abortion / Hablando Con Su(s) Padre(s) Sobre un Embarazo y un Aborto
by Jennifer duBois Realizing you’re pregnant when you don’t want to be can be an overwhelming experience—especially if you’re a teenager. Alongside the questions, decisions, and emotions you’re confronting, teens also have to consider who can—or should—be entrusted...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 …