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BREAKING: Judge has issued a statewide injunction blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to have CPS investigate parents of trans children for providing gender-affirming care
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NEW: Texas’ child welfare agency has RULED OUT child abuse and closed the investigation in at least one case involving parents who provide gender-affirming care to their trans kids.
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It’s been five decades since an adult woman has had to ask a judge for permission to have an abortion.
Now, two in a week.
NEW: A Kentucky woman who is 8 weeks pregnant has filed a class action lawsuit asking a judge for emergency relief to terminate her pregnancy.
She is the 2nd woman this week (other is in Texas) nationwide to ask a judge to intervene on her behalf to get an abortion.
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NEW: A court has thrown out Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal in the case involving a CPS investigation into parents of a trans kid.
This means Friday's hearing for a statewide injunction can proceed.
@TexasTribune
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to testify in an abortion access lawsuit. More details TK.
Judge Robert Pitman had previously quashed the subpoena, which Paxton fled his home to avoid being served.
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More than 1,000 service members charged with sexual assault from 2012-2021 were allowed to leave the military rather than face trial, quietly returning to civilian life.
A shocking read from
@ViannaDavila
@LChurchilll
@davis_winkie
@renLarson_
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BREAKING: Abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy can resume in Texas, per a temporary restraining order issued by a Harris County judge.
A hearing has been set for July 12 to consider a more permanent injunction.
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Alluding to the challenges this case will face, District Judge Amy Clark Meachum said the injunction should remain in effect "while this court, and potentially the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Texas" hear this case.
Case scheduled for July 11.
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NEW: The Texas Supreme Court has vacated the temporary restraining order that would have allowed Kate Cox to get an abortion in Texas.
Cox has already traveled out of state to get an abortion while the TRO was on hold.
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NEW: The TX women facing a wrongful death suit for allegedly helping a friend obtain an abortion are countersuing.
They claim the man suing them knew about the abortion and didn’t stop it, instead using it as a tool of abuse/control of his ex-wife.
Stork TK
@TexasTribune
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NEW: 5th Circuit sides with Texas, says Biden admin overstepped in telling hospitals they were obligated to perform life-saving abortions under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
Background:
Ruling:
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BREAKING: The District Attorney who charged
#LizelleHerrera
with murder for a "self-induced abortion" is dropping the charges.
"The issues surrounding this matter are clearly contentious, however based on Texas law and the facts presented, it is not a criminal matter."
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.
Texas will ban abortion from the moment of conception, with narrow exceptions to save the life of the mother, goes into effect 30 days after the ruling.
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Three women challenging Texas’ abortion laws testified today in court.
One could barely get words out through her tears. Another ran to the restroom as soon as she was done, wretched sobs wracking her tiny body. A third threw up on the witness stand.
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SCOOP: Three women have been sued in state court for wrongful death for assisting with a self-managed abortion
The lawsuit was filed by Jonathan Mitchell, former Texas solicitor general and the architect of SB8
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Neither of Miranda’s twins were expected to survive after birth.
She couldn’t afford to leave the state, so she continued her pregnancy in accordance with Texas law.
I followed Miranda through to the bitter, horrible end, with
@shelbytauber
on photos.
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House committee votes out the “raise the age” bill that was proposed in response to the Uvalde shooting. Families and loved ones of those killed at Robb Elementary celebrate the 8-5 vote
Two R’s joined Dems to vote for it. “God bless them,” says bill sponsor Rep King
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BREAKING: An Austin judge has issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state, once again, from investigating parents who provide their kids w/ gender-affirming care
The order applies to families who brought the suit, as well as TX members of
@PFLAG
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“I had a baby. There was a physical child… It just negates the whole thing. I really thought this city was different.”
An Austin Public Health employee speaks out on being denied parental leave after a stillbirth.
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According to an affidavit, AG Paxton fled his home - in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton - to avoid being served a subpoena to testify at Tuesday’s hearing.
Tomorrow might be more interesting than expected...
There’s a hearing tomorrow in federal court, challenging Texas’ abortion laws on constitutional grounds.
Abortion funds are asking a judge to block AG Paxton from penalizing them if they help Texans travel out-of-state to get an abortion
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The Texas House just voted to repeal the “tampon tax,” removing sales tax on menstrual products, diapers, maternity clothes and baby bottles.
Bill already cleared the Senate.
Rep.
@DonnaHowardTX
, who pushed this bill for years, noted it’s Period Poverty Awareness Week.
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I’m in Amarillo this morning, where Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is hearing arguments over the FDA’s long-standing approval of mifepristone, an abortion-inducing medication.
No electronics in the courtroom, so full update to come later at
@TexasTribune
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NEW: 250 conservative Texas gun enthusiasts are urging Congress to pass red flag laws, expanded background checks and raising the age to purchase a gun.
They’re running a full-page ad in the Dallas Morning News tomorrow announcing their position.
Major Republican donors, including some that have contributed to Greg Abbott’s campaigns, joined other conservative Texans in signing an open letter supporting congressional action to increase gun restrictions in response to the mass shooting in Uvalde.
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NEW: A Texas judge has halted a CPS investigation into the family of a trans teenager, citing the "irreparable harm" they would face if it proceeded.
But the judge did not block ALL such investigations; will consider a statewide injunction on 3/11.
@TexasTribune
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if you’re sad succession is over can I politely suggest tuning into the texas legislature
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On Día de los Muertos, a group of state lawmakers and maternal health advocates are calling on Texas to release the state’s annual maternal mortality report, which has been delayed beyond its statutorily required deadline.
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Eight more women are challenging Texas’ abortion laws, bringing the # of plaintiffs to 15
The Center for Reproductive Rights is asking for a temporary block on Texas’ abortion bans - as they apply to pregnancy complications - while the case proceeds.
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"It is clear to me that the events leading up to this indictment have taken a toll on Ms. Herrera and her family."
Public records indicate she spent two nights in jail on a $500,000 bond after a grand jury indicted her.
Suffice to say, many questions remain.
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A grassroots protest has popped up at the state Capitol, opposing Gov. Abbott’s latest directive equating certain gender-affirming medical treatments with child abuse.
ACLU filed a lawsuit earlier today.
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NEW: A new lawsuit has been filed challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children.
More TK
@TexasTribune
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This projection from the University of Washington indicates KY is flattening the curve.
Data shows Kentucky will peak on May 5th, have a total of 585 deaths.
Indiana will peak a full month earlier, but will see 2,440 deaths by the end.
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BREAKING: Texas abortion providers have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s pre-Roe statutes and be allowed to resume abortions until the trigger law goes into effect.
Hearing Tuesday at 9:30am
More TK
@TexasTribune
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What a way for the world to learn about
@TexasTribune
’s custom CMS, which auto-populates financial disclosures based on keywords in the story.
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A state judge has ruled that aspects of Texas' SB8 are unconstitutional and should not be enforced in Texas. This is a separate case from the one before the U.S. Supreme Court.
@TexasTribune
is reviewing the ruling. Story coming shortly.
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Judge has granted the temporary restraining order saying Kate Cox can have an abortion. More TK
Today at 9am, a Travis County judge will consider whether to allow Kate Cox to terminate her pregnancy after a lethal fetal diagnosis.
It’s the first case of its kind since before Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Watch here:
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Good morning, Texas! Today is my first day as the women's health reporter at the
@TexasTribune
.
Hit me with your story ideas, tips, secrets, rants, vents and feelings at eleanor.klibanoff
@texastribune
.org.
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What happens when the last hospital in a rural corner of Texas stops delivering babies?
Long drives, delayed care and no easy solutions on the horizon.
My latest for
@TexasTribune
@IWMF
with
@jinitzail
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BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court will allow the state’s pre-Roe abortion laws to be civilly enforced.
The laws cannot be criminally enforced at this time, per SCOTX, but this still likely means clinics will cease abortions.
More TK in the morning
@TexasTribune
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5 years ago, Jen Sainato reported a rape to Louisville police.
Officers called her hysterical. They didn’t gather evidence. They told the suspect he was “off the hook” and closed the case.
Yesterday, a jury ordered the suspect to pay her $1.2m.
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“It is challenging to square the idea that Paxton has time to give interviews threatening prosecutions but would be unduly burdened by explaining what he means to the very parties affected by his statements,” Judge Robert Pitman wrote in Tuesday’s order.
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Pitman explained in the order that he had quashed the subpoena “on the assumption that counsel for Paxton had made candid representations to the Court,” but reversed the order after learning that lawyers for the plaintiffs had tried repeatedly to serve Paxton.
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BREAKING: A state court has thrown out a lawsuit against abortion provider Alan Braid. Braid was sued under S.B. 8, the TX law allowing private citizens to sue providers for abortions post-six weeks.
This ruling does not overturn the law. More TK
@TexasTribune
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Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman hired the husband of a friend to run the Office of Unemployment Insurance.
He had no experience with state government or unemployment systems.
Then coronavirus hit, and he was quietly fired.
Inside Kentucky’s unemployment crisis:
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@TexasTribune
The filing claims that Silva threatened to use evidence of the abortion to have his ex sent to jail if she didn’t “give him my ‘mind body and soul’ until the end of the divorce,” per text messages.
(TX abortion law exempts the pregnant patient.)
More:
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Here’s some backstory on that investigation:
Lawyers for
@LambdaLegal
confirm that other investigations are ongoing. Some families received visits as recently as this morning.
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NEW: After a yearslong fight, Texas moms will be able to stay on Medicaid for a full year after giving birth.
The feds have approved Texas’ application to extend postpartum Medicaid to 12 months, according to emails obtained by
@TexasTribune
Follow
@kbrooksharper
for more
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"The world has become so selfish."
The last time COVID hospitalizations were this high in Texas, there was the hope of vaccines on the horizon. Now, healthcare workers don't see much hope at all.
My dispatch from inside a hospital on the brink:
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This photo has big “Dad trying to impress the contractors with his hardware store know-how” energy.
Gov. Andy Beshear looks up towards the statue of
#JeffersonDavis
as the
#confederate
monument is prepared to be removed from the state capitol rotunda Saturday morning.
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The
#TxLege
has voted to give new moms a full year of Medicaid coverage, up from two months.
In a state where 50% of births are paid for by Medicaid and maternal mortality is on the rise, this is a legislative victory years in the making.
More TK
@TexasTribune
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Texas politicians would have you believe this is the most pro-life state in the nation.
But after one young woman “chose life,” she found little help for her and her family.
My latest with
@jinitzail
@IlanaPL
for
@TexasTribune
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BREAKING:
@ReproRights
has filed a lawsuit seeking emergency intervention on behalf of a pregnant Texan who is seeking an abortion due to a lethal fetal diagnosis.
Complaint:
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Parents in Austin are scrambling after Dell Children’s suddenly parted ways with the doctors who provide their children with gender-affirming care
Gender-affirming care is still legal in Texas, even for minors.
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In a huge victory for the "Kentucky is a Midwestern state" crowd,
@GovAndyBeshear
has announced a regional coronavirus partnership with Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
The "Kentucky is actually the South" delegation could not be reached for comment.
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There’s a hearing tomorrow in federal court, challenging Texas’ abortion laws on constitutional grounds.
Abortion funds are asking a judge to block AG Paxton from penalizing them if they help Texans travel out-of-state to get an abortion
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Protesters outside the Texas House of Representatives chanting “do your job, cowards” as legislators show up for work Monday.
They’re asking the legislature to raise the age to buy assault rifles. There was another mass shooting in Allen, TX this weekend.
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Two of our most tenured reporters, covering demographics and criminal justice, in a rapidly changing, heavily incarcerated, death penalty state... incomprehensible.
And Pasztor, who transformed my writing (and thus, my career.) Hard to put into words what this means for the Trib
Two of the greatest journalists I’ve ever had the privilege of working with.
@alexazura
@jsmccullou
We were all laid off today as
@TexasTribune
attempts to reverse financial and leadership tailspin.
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Kate Cox has left the state of Texas to terminate her pregnancy. Cox had secured a court order allowing her to have an abortion in Texas, but the Texas Supreme Court halted the order this weekend.
More TK
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NEW: Seven more women have joined
@ReproRights
’ lawsuit challenging Texas’ abortion laws. A total to 20 women and 2 doctors say the laws violate their rights under the TX constitution.
Case goes before TX Supreme Court Nov. 28
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The Texas Supreme Court has stepped in and temporarily stayed the order that would have allowed Kate Cox to have an abortion
The court will review the merits of the case, but did not say when it expected to rule. Cox is 20 weeks pregnant.
The Texas Office of the Attorney General has filed a writ of mandamus, asking the Texas Supreme Court to stay this ruling.
Yesterday, the state sent a letter to hospitals, threatening legal action w/r/t Kate Cox’s abortion
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“Only you have the power to clarify Texas’ abortion laws!”
ICYMI:
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Today, in a Travis County courtroom, women will testify against Texas’ abortion ban, claiming the new laws prevented them from getting medically necessary pregnancy care. The state has asked the judge to dismiss the case.
I’m here watching for
@TexasTribune
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An interesting distinction: In Texas, all the legal challenges we’ve seen so far focus on patients with complicated pregnancies.
This Kentucky case is a much wider challenge, seeking to restore access to abortion regardless of reason.
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This is big news, for Louisiana but also for Texas...
June Medical Services in Shreveport is a lot closer to Texas’ population centers than New Mexico.
Breaking: A Louisiana judge has blocked enforcement of the state’s trigger ban, which banned abortion as soon as Roe was overturned. Abortions are expected to resume soon.
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May 27, 1968, Louisville residents took to the streets to protest the reinstatement of a white police officer who beat a black man while arresting him.
52 years later, almost to the day:
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@shelbytauber
I’ve gotten many DMs and emails from generous readers interested in supporting Miranda and her family. Here’s a link to the GoFundMe they created:
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It has been one year - whoops, sorry, one week - since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, thus allowing states to set their own laws around abortion access.
Here’s how everything has unfolded in Texas since: (1/10)
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BREAKING: Mifepristone, a common abortion-inducing drug, will remain approved for the foreseeable future, after SCOTUS issues a Friday night stay of the lower court ruling
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speaking of no coincidences, the last time it rained in Austin was also during an impeachment trial, 106 years ago
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How did the Texas Office of the Attorney General go from a bureaucratic workhorse to waging a “battle for the soul, for the future of America”?
Today, we launch a 3-part series on what this Texas-born legal revolution means for the future of the country
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I’ve seen confusion about the EMTALA ruling, so
TX law says *a doctor CAN* perform lifesaving abortions
Feds said *hospitals MUST* perform lifesaving abortions
5th Circuit said HHS couldn’t require this of hospitals. They didn’t touch the medical exceptions for doctors.
NEW: 5th Circuit sides with Texas, says Biden admin overstepped in telling hospitals they were obligated to perform life-saving abortions under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
Background:
Ruling:
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LMPD claims (in reports, depositions and its own policy manual) to have an officer early warning system.
But they don’t. Now, per the settlement, they’ll have to create one.
Why did it take Breonna Taylor’s death to get LMPD to do what they said they did, years ago?
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Things are really confusing right now, re: abortion law in Texas.
Here’s a brief thread to explain what we know and what we don’t, accurate as of Monday afternoon.
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Looks like we may get a decision from the
@kyoag
on the
#BreonnaTaylor
case today.
This stuff is really confusing on the best day, and I'm assuming many of you, like me, didn't go to law school.
So here's a brief cheat sheet on what all of this means. (1/7)
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BREAKING:
@ACLU
and
@LambdaLegal
have filed a lawsuit challenging SB14, Texas’ ban on gender affirming care for minors.
The law is set to go into effect Sept. 1
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This is the second legal victory for abortion providers in 24 hours (Supreme Court says they can proceed with challenge, state court says SB 8 is unconstitutional.)
But neither ruling blocks enforcement of the law, meaning abortions are unlikely to resume.
Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court lets the enforcement of Texas abortion law continue but allows legal challenges from abortion providers to proceed.
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Whole Woman’s Health, one of Texas’ largest and most prominent abortion providers, is planning to “pack up their 4 Texas clinics and relocate to New Mexico,” per a press release.
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It’s been a rought first 24 days of 2024 for the media industry. One bright spot: We at
@texastribguild
are unionizing!
We want to build a better, stronger, more equitable news organization. For the good of the Tribune, for the good of Texas.
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Here's something I sometimes lose sight of:
@WFPLNews
/
@KentuckyCIR
has nine reporters, combined. One photographer. Several editors who do double-duty.
Looking back just at the last 24 hours...WHEW. Public radio may be the biggest bang for your buck out there. (1/8)
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After
@TexasTribune
raised questions about this policy, Austin’s mayor and several city council members said they wanted to change it.
And HR offered Elena an additional month of paid leave.
It doesn’t fix what she went through, she said, but it’s a start.
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The Texas Office of the Attorney General has filed a writ of mandamus, asking the Texas Supreme Court to stay this ruling.
Yesterday, the state sent a letter to hospitals, threatening legal action w/r/t Kate Cox’s abortion
Judge has granted the temporary restraining order saying Kate Cox can have an abortion. More TK
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Whole Woman’s Health said they will resume abortions at their four Texas clinics, in compliance with other Texas laws, as a result of this ruling.
“Any day that we are able to provide the abortions Texans need and deserve is a good day,” said CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller.
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SCOTUS has issued its judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson, meaning:
Texas’ trigger law goes into effect in 30 days, after which abortion will be punishable by up to life in prison, $100k fine and admin penalties.
Clinics have already stopped abortions due to pre-Roe laws.
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There was a LOT happening last week, in Texas and around the globe, so ICYMI, here's a Monday morning primer on what's going on with trans kids in Texas right now.
TL;DR: "This is the worst thing I've ever seen happen to LGBTQ people in my 30 years in this area of law." 1/
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i am just a girl
on google maps
zooming out
again and again
wondering
for the hundredth time
how Texas can possibly
be this large
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If you need a team of trained audio specialists to help with that redaction,
@WFPLNews
would gladly take the raw audio and see what we can do.
This is misleading. We are complying with the Judge’s order. The Grand Jury audio recording is more than 20 hrs long, & we filed a motion to request additional time, if the court permits it, to redact personally identifiable information of witnesses (addresses and phone numbers).
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And now, the news: as sad as I am to leave
@KentuckyCIR
, I’m pleased as punch to share that I’m going to be the women’s health reporter at the
@TexasTribune
in Austin.
Here's hoping Texas comes up with some stories on the beat in the next few weeks...
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BREAKING: Texas abortion providers have filed a new request with
#SCOTUS
, asking for the case to be sent back to the District Court rather than the 5th Circuit.
The 5th Circuit is set to hear the case Friday. More soon from
@TexasTribune
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@DonnaHowardTX
Much of the credit for this legislation goes to the teenage girls who took on Texas’ tampon tax, including filing an official challenge with the state comptroller
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Booker, some pastors and a police officer stand in between the two groups as protesters form a human chain to keep people on the sidewalk.
“Let them see the scariest thing: Black people who won’t let them define the narrative,” a man on a megaphone says.
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Louisville has its first female nominee for mayor (
@CWAngelaLeet
) running against incumbent
@louisvillemayor
.
The pink is references to physical appearance/traits in Louisville Magazine features on each candidate.
#loumedia
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The big takeaway from the investigator so far is that CPS was directed to treat these cases differently than others.
- can't make them priority none
- don't qualify for alternative response
- have to notify leadership + consult with general counsel
- don't put notes in writing
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An Austin adolescent clinic treated eating disorders & menstrual complications, and helped teens with developmental disabilities navigate puberty.
That’s all halted after Texas opened an investigation into the clinic’s gender-affirming care
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BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court has reversed an injunction stopping the state from investigating parents of trans children for child abuse.
The court upheld the injunction blocking the investigation into the one family that sued.
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Child abuse investigations into parents of transgender children will remain BLOCKED in Texas.
The Third Court of Appeals has reinstated the injunction that was temporarily stayed by an appeal from AG Paxton.
@TexasTribune
Background:
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I feel like I have leveled up as a reporter in the last 18 months, just from working in proximity to (and trying to keep up with) the intimidatingly talented Texas press corps.
So it’s such an honor to be anywhere near this list!
STAR REPORTER OF THE YEAR 3A
1st Place: Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman
2nd Place: Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle
3rd Place: Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Honorable Mention: Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune
#tme23
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Bless her heart.
Beth St. John drove down from New York after hearing about
#AllEyesOnKentucky
. She’s passing out snacks and hand sanitizer to voters.
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@ReproRights
atty Marc Hearron: “These laws are confusing, unnecessary, and cruel…this law from nearly one hundred years ago is banning essential health care prematurely, despite clearly being long repealed.”
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