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Audio: The Weekly TribCast: Episode 128
Ben, Evan, Ross and Emily talk about races to watch in the fast-approaching primary, Gov. Rick Perry's budget compact announcement and the Planned Parenthood merger. And Evan hears from some special...
View ArticleVideo: Weekend Insider: Planned Parenthood Unites, Ted Cruz
Texas Planned Parenthood branches unite to form a mega-organization, and Emily Ramshaw reports on what this means politically. Ross Ramsey columnizes on the high expectations set for U.S. Senate...
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In Planned Parenthood Merger, Efficiency is the Name of the Game
ADDISON — Texas Planned Parenthood advocates have been outspoken about the hits they have taken from state lawmakers in the last year — including major cuts to family-planning financing, a new abortion...
View ArticleVideo: Video: Fertile Ground — The Effects of Family Planning Budget Cuts
The first part in our occasional series examining the battle over family planning in Texas considers the impact of lawmakers' orders to reduce spending on birth control and cancer screenings. A...
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Judge's Reversal Gives State Go-Ahead to Exclude Planned Parenthood Clinics
Updated, 9:30 a.m.:A federal judge's ruling this morning means that the state may begin removing Planned Parenthood and other so-called abortion "affiliates" from the Women's Health Program, despite a...
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Audio: The Weekly TribCast: Episode 130
On this week's podcast, Ross, Emily, Morgan and Ben weigh the recent resignation of Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott and the back-and-forth court rulings on Planned Parenthood and the Women's...
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In Court Reversal, Planned Parenthood May Stay in Women's Health Program
Updated, 5:10 p.m.:This afternoon, Texas Health and Human Services Commission spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman confirmed that Monday’s preliminary injunction is in effect. For now, the state cannot...
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaron Barraza isn't letting his youth stop him from trying to unseat state Rep. Marisa Marquez of El Paso in the Democratic primary in HD-77. Marquez says her record should earn her another term.A...
View ArticleVideo: Video: Texas vs. Planned Parenthood Fight Goes On
In part two of "Fertile Ground," our occasional series on the battle over family planning, we go to West Texas to look at a fight that has centered on Planned Parenthood.
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Time Running Out for Women's Health Providers
The clock is ticking for reproductive health clinics that are affiliated with abortion providers — the state will force Planned Parenthood and others like them out of the Women’s Health Program between...
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Stand Behind Death Penalty
Texans remain strongly in favor of the death penalty and nominally in favor of abortion rights and medically assisted suicide, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.Voters'...
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Video Series: The State of Family Planning in Texas
From the evolution of state and federally subsidized contraception to the battle over Planned Parenthood to the cost of unplanned pregnancies, this six-part series is the most comprehensive look yet at...
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Appeals Court Refuses to Rehear Planned Parenthood Case
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied Planned Parenthood's request for the court to rehear a case about its involvement with the Texas Women's Health Program, meaning the state can...
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Judge's Order Allows Planned Parenthood to Remain in Women's Health Program
A Travis County district judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order that allows Planned Parenthood to remain a part of the federally funded Women's Health Program in Texas, just one day after...
View ArticleVideo: Video: Where the State Women's Health Program Stands
Women's health providers in Texas have had Nov. 1 marked on their calendars for months. It was supposed to be the day the state-funded Women's Health Program would launch. But it hasn't. Not yet, at...
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The Future of the Women’s Health Program in Texas
The end is near for the Women’s Health Program. Federal funding will dry up Dec. 31 and that’s it for the program. State officials say the Texas Women’s Health Program, funded solely by the state, is...
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Lawmakers Could Restore Family Planning Funds
When state lawmakers passed a two-year budget in 2011 that moved $73 million from family planning services to other programs, the goal was largely political: halt the flow of taxpayer dollars to...
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New Women's Health Program Launches Amid Provider Concerns
State officials are optimistic about the new Texas Women’s Health Program, which launched this week amid a long-running legislative fight. But at least one state lawmaker thinks there’s a problem with...
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Abbott Announces "Choose Life" Advisory Committee
Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday the creation of the Choose Life Advisory Committee, which will make recommendations for the use of funds from the sale of “Choose Life” license plates...
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The Polling Center: Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Health “Equation”
During a panel discussion on women’s health at last Thursday’s TribLive symposium on health care, state Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, said that taking Planned Parenthood “out of the equation” has made...
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