From our ED: “For the state to require a burial or cremation is beyond comprehension.”
On December 12, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced a federal lawsuit against a new Department of State Health Services rule set to go into effect on December 19. The rule that would require the clinics and hospitals to bury or cremate embryonic and fetal...
Testimony to DSHS from our Board President
On November 9, Jane’s Due Process attended a public hearing on the proposed DSHS fetal remains rule. This rule would require the cremation or burial of fetal tissue from miscarriages and abortions. Our Board President, Marilyn Robertson, came to Austin from...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
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 …