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Getting a judicial bypass in Texas
This blog was originally posted on the Children & the Law Blog: A Publication of the Southwest Juvenile Defender Center. It was authored by Camille Van Kote, who is a law student at University of Houston Law Center and a Jane's Due Process hotline volunteer....
The Devastating Consequences of Texas Anti-Abortion Restrictions
This article was originally posted on the Alliance for Justice blog. Emily Rooke-Ley February 29, 2016 On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments inWhole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, arguably the most significant reproductive rights case since Planned...
What Crisis Pregnancy Centers Aren’t Telling Their Patients
This piece originally appeared on Generation Progress and can be found here. Editor’s note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of the sources used in this article. Jessica was 16 years old when she discovered she was pregnant and decided she wanted an...
Amicus Brief to SCOTUS
Jane's Due Process is proud to have filed an amicus brief in the historic Whole Woman's Health v. Cole case. The Supreme Court of the United States will hear this case in March. Click here to download the full PDF of our brief.
Texas Supreme Court Issues Bypass Rules That Are More Extreme Than H.B. 3994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 29, 2015 For media interviews, contact: Tina Hester, Executive Director, (512) 450-4899 Susan Hays, Legal Counsel, (214) 557-4819 Texas Supreme Court Issues Bypass Rules That Are More Extreme Than H.B. 3994, the Law the...
Why is it so hard for teens to access abortion?
Many of us are aware that getting an abortion in Texas isn’t like getting just any other medical procedure. Despite its safety, women must navigate an array of obstacles designed by the legislature to dissuade and/or block her from having an abortion. Consider these...
This holiday season, our “Janes” thank you
What a challenging year it has been for the cause of keeping abortions safe and legal in Texas. After passing a draconian law in 2013 that shuttered more than half of the state’s abortion clinics, lawmakers this year turned on vulnerable pregnant teens, many of...
Why is no one else talking about teen abortion?
If teens are getting pregnant, they're also having abortions. Emily Rooke-Ley Hotline Coordinator, Jane's Due Process 19 November 2015 As abortion becomes an increasingly contentious issue, debated at dinner tables and in legislatures alike, there is a subset of women...
New Research Confirms Harmful Impact of Texas Abortion Restrictions
Texas Groups Confirm Research that Restrictions Affect Wait Times for Abortion By Heather Busby, NARAL Pro-Choice Texas Texas— Independent research confirms that Texas is already seeing the harmful consequences reproductive rights organizations warned would happen...
Escaping Abuse (And Never Returning): Meet Lana
At Jane’s Due Process, it’s pretty common to receive calls from teens in high school who are living with their parents in abusive or neglectful homes. Many of these young women are facing enormous uphill battles to simply make it through each day: there is often no...