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...Justice For Texas Teens – The Global Fight for the Rights of Children Begins at Home
This article was originally published on the A Is For blog. We thank Martha Plimpton for writing such a thoughtful and supportive piece. Earlier this month, Paraguay’s restrictive abortion laws received global attention with the case of a child who had been raped and...From the Blog
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 …
Impact Report 2024June 9, 2025Letter from our Executive Director The past year brought challenges to our work for young …