Weekend Insider: Suspicious Abortion Pills
Reporter Thanh Tan takes us to South Texas where the lack of womens health is forcing pregnant woman to cross the border for in search of alternatives. Full Story
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Medical Groups Oppose Women's Health Program Rule
A proposed state rule that would prohibit doctors in Texas' Women's Health Program from discussing the option of abortion with their patients — even if the patient asks about it — has drawn the opposition of Texas medical groups. Full Story
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Summer Camp Focuses on Fight Against Abortion
A two-week summer camp outside of Bryan helps high school students learn how to become effective anti-abortion advocates. Counselors teach campers to adopt a gentler, compassion-based form of persuasion. Full Story
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Weekend Insider: Which Endorsements Matter, Anti-Abortion Camp
Coming up in the Trib and The New York Times: Whose endorsements really make a difference for candidates? And we follow a group of teens at an anti-abortion summer camp. Full Story
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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 the politics of reproductive health in Texas. Full Story
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Could HHSC Face a Public Ed-Sized Leadership Void?
First, the state’s Medicaid director announced he was retiring. Now, Health and Human Services chief Tom Suehs says he hasn’t decided whether he will quit in August. Will HHSC rival public education for next session's biggest leadership void? Full Story
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Video: Looking at the State of Abortion in Texas
In Part 4 of the Tribune's series on family planning, we take a closer look at how abortion has shifted public policy in Texas in recent years — and where the political battle may be headed next. Full Story
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Stand Behind Death Penalty
Texans favor the death penalty, even with the alternative of life without parole. They are also nominally in favor of abortion rights and are more likely than not to favor medically assisted suicide for terminal patients. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
E. Smith interviews Dan Patrick about John Carona, Root on the race to replace Ron Paul, Batheja on a nest of open House seats in Tarrant County, Aguilar on a border brawl over a congressional seat in El Paso, Tan on the fight over Planned Parenthood in West Texas, Aaronson maps the holes in the state's health care provider network, M. Smith on who might be the next Texas education commissioner, Ramshaw on social media sabotage, Hamilton and Ramshaw on the reaction to news of job insecurity for UT-Austin's president and Grissom on a knickers-twisting historical marker: The best of our best content from May 7 to 11, 2012. Full Story
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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 early next month. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Judge's Reversal Gives State Go-Ahead to Exclude Planned Parenthood Clinics
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 district judge's Monday ruling to the contrary. Full Story
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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 UT-Austin research group is beginning to track the fallout. Full Story
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Gilberto Hinojosa: The TT Interview
The former county judge on why he's running for chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, what would pull the party out of the doldrums and what he thinks of the Republicans. Full Story
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In Planned Parenthood Merger, Efficiency is the Name of the Game
The Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas merger makes the organization leaner and more efficient, advocates say. But they also hope it helps them defend their branches from intensifying anti-abortion legislation. Full Story
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Planned Parenthood Branches Vote to Merge
UPDATED: The boards of three regional Planned Parenthood branches — North Texas, Central Texas and the Capital Region — have voted to merge, forming a $29 million-per-year mega-organization with 26 clinics. Full Story
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State Officials Aim to Take Over Women's Health Program in November
UPDATED: Texas health officials have delivered their much-anticipated plans for taking over the Medicaid Women's Health Program. They want to assume full responsibility in November. Federal officials say they're considering the plan. Full Story
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"Obamacare" on Center Stage
From contraception and cancer screenings to "Obamacare" and state physician shortages, here's a look at the month ahead in Texas health policy. Full Story
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Suehs: State Could Use Block Grants to Free Up Women's Health Dollars
In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women's Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state's health commissioner wrote in a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday. Full Story
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Combs and the Perils of Political Adaptation
Adaptation is a tricky business, especially in the political realm, where sudden and surprising changes can become perilous "flip-flops." Full Story
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