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A letter from our outgoing executive director
After 3 and 1/2 years as executive director, I am writing to share that have accepted a new opportunity and will be leaving the role in January 2023. It has been been an incredible joy to be part of Jane's Due Process. I have felt so lucky and honored to get to work...
UPDATE: We’re Still Here for Teens
In 2022, youth in Texas were faced with two devastating realities: the 6-week abortion ban in Texas and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. At Jane’s Due Process we sought to help Texas teens meet these challenges by focusing on what we do best - helping youth overcome...
Youth to the Front: Meet the Islander Feminists
Q1. Who are the Islander Feminists? And, what inspired y’all to decide to start delivering free plan b and organizing for abortion in Corpus Christi? The Islander Feminists are a student organization at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) focused on intersectional...
Youth to the Front: Meet Bans Off Our Bodies Fort Worth
Q1. How did y’all meet? And, what inspired y’all to decide to organize to pass the G.R.A.C.E. Act in Fort Worth? The group all started with the protest immediately following the Dobb’s leak. The organizer of the local Fort Worth protest created a GroupMe to...
Youth to the Front: Meet Hiba Faruqi
Q1. What inspired you to get involved in abortion rights, health, and justice in Texas? When I attended the Austin Women’s March last October, I found a community of people equally as enraged as I was. Following SB 8, I was really angry and not sure where to channel...
Youth to the Front: Meet Frontera Folx
Q1. How did y’all meet? And, come together as a group? We came together after a friend of ours who worked for Planned Parenthood told us they couldn’t be on campus because of Title IX. Because of who our community is made up of middle to lower class, early generations...
Youth to the Front: Meet the Lubbock Teen who Passed Out Condoms at Prom
Evangelina Zubia, 16, lives in Lubbock, Texas and volunteers with Jane's Due Process. In May of 2021, Lubbock passed an ordinance banning abortion in the city. But Evangelina tells us not to make too many assumptions about the folks in this South Plains community. We...
Youth to the Front: Meet the San Marcos Abortion Activists
The G.R.A.C.E Act -- a resolution cities can pass to declare that they will be de-prioritizing enforcement of criminal laws related to abortion -- has been passed in Austin, Denton, Dallas, El Paso, and San Antonio, and it's being considered in Houston. But it's not...
Youth to the Front: JDP Interview with Change 4 Choice
In March of 2022, Jane's Due Process was profiled in this article in Ms. Magazine with a group of teens in Southlake, Texas who were screen-printing and selling t-shirts and tote bags to raise money for abortion access. Of course we had to learn more! So we...
Youth Spotlight: JDP Digital Communications Intern Anwita Siddavatam
Over the summer of 2021, Texas high school student Anwita Siddavatam joined Jane's Due Process as a digital communications intern. We recently caught up with Anwita to see what she's up to and how her time with JDP impacted her advocacy for reproductive health,...