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TikTok Your Public Testimony!
Join us for a free workshop about how to take your public advocacy skills to TikTok on May 27th at 6 pm! In this workshop, we will recap how to write and submit public testimony to the State Board of Education (SBOE). Then, you will learn how to transform your public...
Jane’s Due Process 2019 Impact Report
Jane's Due Process Impact Report 2019 Our 2019 impact report is out, and wow -- what a year we had! Click here to see the report and learn more about all that we did in 2019, including: Welcomed Rosann Mariappuram as our new executive director. Helped 325 Texas teens...
Let’s Celebrate Jane’s Due Process Day!
A few years ago, the city of Houston declared April 27th Jane's Due Process Day! We so appreciate Houston honoring our work to make abortion and birth control more accessible to young people, and while we're all socially distancing at home, here are some ways you can...
Join us for our sex education advocacy workshop!
Public oversight on the SBOE sex-ed curriculum revisions has unfortunately slowed down due to the pandemic. If you would like to hold the SBOE accountable at their May and July meetings, join our advocacy workshop next week! You will learn how to submit public...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Teens’ Reproductive Freedom
In March and April, we observed a significant increase in young people who had bypasses granted but were forced to continue an unwanted pregnancy. We know that this is a direct result of the Texas abortion ban and the challenges of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic....
Medically Accurate Sex Education Will Help Young People Stay Safe
By Camilla Hope, Let's Write About Sex Education Fellow at Jane’s Due Process & Austin Bat Cave As I placed my lunchbox on the cafeteria table, my best friend burst into tears (let’s call her Casey). I followed Casey to the bathroom to ask what’s wrong. She told...
Teens can be trusted with abortion decisions
Research has just been published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health showing that teens can be trusted to make their own reproductive decisions, including the decision to have an abortion. It also shows that young people needlessly navigate abortion...
New study shows just how hard it is for Texas teens to get birth control
This week, Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP), a project at the University of Texas that studies the impacts of legislation on access to reproductive healthcare, released a study showing that changes to the Title X family planning program created barriers to...
Meet our legal services director, Blake Rocap!
I'm Blake Rocap, legal director at Jane's Due Process. Jane’s Due Process supports volunteer lawyers all across the state to ensure that if a young person makes the decision to get an abortion, and they need a judicial bypass, there is an attorney in their community...
Join us for Let’s Write About Sex Education!
In February, we are partnering with Austin Bat Cave to host a journalism workshop for high school students on the topic of sex education in public schools. In this workshop, students will work with local journalists, educators, and health experts to write personal...