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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 teen has 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...
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...