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Breaking News: Justice at the Fifth Circuit
March 2, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Interviews: Tina Hester, Executive Director, 512-450-4899 Fifth Circuit Affirms Janes’ Rights to Meet with Attorneys over ORR Blockade Over the last year, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has repeatedly refused...
Birth Control in Texas: How do I afford it?
By Sarah Lopez Image from Grist Texas offers a few different options to help people prevent pregnancy. For those with insurance, birth control is required to be covered thanks to the Affordable Care Act. For those without insurance, some state programs and...
Medication vs. Surgical Abortion: Understanding the Options
By Lydia Blaisdell For this post, we’re going to explore the differences between medication abortion (the abortion pill) and in-clinic abortion (“surgical” abortion) for an early pregnancy. First, I want to counter a few commonly held misconceptions about abortion...
What Roe v. Wade Means to Jane’s Due Process, 45 Years Later
JDP’s former case manager, Emily Rooke-Ley, at the Supreme Court oral arguments for Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Forty-five years ago, abortion was legalized nationwide in the landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade. The case ruled that the...
HIV/AIDS: What You Should Know
Image from Advocates for Youth By Zoë Fay-Stindt, Literary Women in Action Advancements in medicine and awareness about HIV/AIDS have come a long ways since it first broke out in the 80’s. Over a million people in the U.S. are living with HIV today, and when treated...
Volunteer Interview: Aubrey
We’re happy to share a brand new Jane’s Due Process Volunteer Interview. This week we are excited to share an interview with our Aubrey, a 23-year-old law student in Dallas and an incredible JDP volunteer. A small town Texas girl in the big city, she enjoys reading,...
Send Jane Doe your support.
Jane Doe needs your support! Lady Parts Justice League organized a postcard campaign for Jane Doe, the young Central American immigrant who fought the federal government to access an abortion. We wanted to share some of those for you - and encourage you to send a...
Who do 20-week abortion bans hurt? The answer: all of us.
By Zoë Fay-Stindt Last month, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks, barring cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life. Unconstitutional bans on abortion at or before 20 weeks post-fertilization are already in...
In the News: The “tragic irony” of Texas’ abortion process for minors
The work of Jane's Due Process was featured in Mic in an article called “The Tragic Irony of Texas’ Abortion Process for Minors.” “Jane explained that she could never have imagined the amount of help she received from Jane’s Due Process. From the first time she...
In the News: Jane Doe of Garza v. Hargan
Jane’s Due Process, working with the American Civil Liberties Union and local counsels, Marie Christine Cortez, Attorney Ad Litem, and Rochelle Garza, Guardian Ad Litem, helped an unaccompanied minor known as "Jane Doe” to obtain a court order giving her a right to...