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Youth Guest Blog: We need to increase access to birth control and comprehensive sex ed
Amidst current acts of infringement upon reproductive welfare (considering SCOTUS’s overturning of Roe v Wade), the contemporary issues within adolescent reproductive care have likewise been increasingly susceptible to the conservative hands which persist upon the...
Youth Guest Blog: I helped initiate the take down of the “pro-life” whistleblower website
They say that you don’t remember the pain of childbirth, just the memory of becoming a parent. I’ve never given birth, and according to the doctor who diagnosed me with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome at age 12–I likely never will. And although I’ve never been pregnant,...
Our 2021 Impact and Vision for the Future
In 2021, Jane’s Due Process celebrated 20 years of helping teens in Texas access abortion care. We also faced some of our biggest challenges to protecting youth reproductive rights yet. JDP expanded to meet the moment, supporting thousands of young Texans as they...
UPDATE: How to Get an Abortion in Texas Right Now | Como Obtener un Aborto en Texas Ahora
En Espanol abajo. On May 2, 2022 a draft legal opinion was leaked from the U.S. Supreme Court. The draft said that the Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, which protects the legal right to abortion on the federal level. This is devastating information. Abortion...
Fund-a-Thon 2022: How To Join
You may have seen folks talking about #FThon22 on social media and wondered, "What is that? And how do I join in?" Well we have answers! What Is Fund-a-Thon? Every year, the National Network of Abortion Funds puts on Fund-a-Thon, a chance for member funds to engage...
Teens Deeply Impacted by Texas’ 6-Week Abortion Ban
SB8, Texas' 6-week abortion ban, went into effect on September 1st, 2021. This devastating law is designed to dramatically decrease the number of people in Texas accessing abortion. Recently released statistics from the first month of SB8 confirm what we suspected....
How to Get Free EC in Texas
The overturning of Roe and any abortion bans that Texas may pass does not affect your right to easily access emergency contraception (aka EC or sometimes referred to by its brand name Plan B) in Texas. For this reason, we’ve compiled a list of TX organizations that...
Why We Need the WHPA
The 6-week abortion ban is still in effect in Texas. Copycat laws have been filed in more states, and these laws are just the newest wave of attacks on abortion rights. You've probably heard that Roe v. Wade is under threat -- and that's true. But Roe v. Wade has...
Parental Involvement Laws 101: Why We Fight
Jane's Due Process was founded in 2001 in response to Texas passing a parental notification law for minors to access abortion. A few years later that parental notification law turned into a parental consent law, and in 2015 our state legislature updated the law to...
Youth Guest Blog: How to Make Sure You’re Getting Treated Fairly Giving Birth as a Teen
By: HK Gray I was sixteen when I was rushing to the hospital to give birth to my own little bundle of joy. I had meticulously done my birth plan, spent the whole nine months researching all parts of pregnancy, birth and postpartum care, but I didn’t realize that I was...