Six months in, “no end in sight” for Texas’ new abortion law
The law is having ripple effects as clinics around the country take in Texas patients and more women turn to self-managed abortions. Full Story
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Eleanor Klibanoff is the women’s health reporter, based in Austin, where she covers abortion, maternal health care, gender-based violence and LGBTQ issues, among other topics. She started with the Tribune in 2021, and was previously with the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting in Louisville, where she reported, produced and hosted the Peabody-nominated podcast, “Dig.” Eleanor has worked at public radio stations in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Missouri, as well as NPR, and her work has aired on “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition” and “Here & Now.” She is conversational in Spanish. Eleanor was born in Philadelphia and raised in Atlanta, and attended The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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![Patient care coordinator Jennifer Reince answers non-stop phone calls while working with patients at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City on Dec. 6, 2021. The clinic was scheduling appointments 3-4 weeks out following Texas' near-total ban on abortion.]()
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Demand for abortion-inducing medication spiked after Texas’ near-total ban on the procedure
One international nonprofit saw a more than 1,000% increase in requests for the two-drug regimen, which state law prohibits sending through the mail. Full Story
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Narrow challenge to Texas’ abortion law argued before state Supreme Court
Abortion providers are trying to find a legal avenue that will allow them to directly challenge new restrictions that have effectively banned the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. Full Story
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Anti-abortion lawyers target those funding the procedure for potential lawsuits under new Texas law
Attorneys who helped design Texas’ novel abortion ban have asked a judge to allow them to depose the leaders of two abortion funds, seeking information about anyone who may have “aided or abetted” in a prohibited procedure. Full Story
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![A patient waits to see the doctor prior to her abortion at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City on Dec. 6, 2021.]()
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Texas tops the nation in teens who give birth multiple times
More than 1 in 6 teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 already had a child. Texas does not require sex education and has the strictest abortion law in the nation. Full Story
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![Junior Iryanna Rodríguez, 18, is with her nine-month-old daughter Ariyanna Juliett Fuentes at Lincoln Park School in Brownsville on Feb. 16, 2022. The school for students that are pregnant or have had a baby currently has 69 students enrolled.]()
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After nearly dying of COVID-19, a Texas mom encourages pregnant women to get vaccinated
The COVID vaccine is proven safe during all stages of pregnancy, and pregnant patients are at an increased risk of getting seriously ill if they contract the virus. Still, many pregnant women hesitate. Full Story
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![Diana Crouch chats with her son, Cain, about his upcoming birthday party in their Kingwood home on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022.]()
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In pandemic’s isolation, an alarming number of teenage girls are attempting suicide
Hospital admissions for teenage girls who may have attempted suicide have increased 50% nationwide. Texas does not have sufficient mental health resources to help them. Full Story
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![Michelle Tennen holds a photograph of herself and her daughter Charley at her home in El Paso on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Charley died by suicide in July 2020.]()
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Planned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock’s abortion ban
The decision, hailed by abortion opponents as a victory, is another indication of how legal protections for abortion have been gutted in Texas. Full Story
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Supreme Court again declines to intervene in challenge to Texas abortion law
The case is currently before the Texas Supreme Court. Abortion providers were hoping the U.S. Supreme Court would reroute the case into federal district court, where a judge had previously blocked the law. Full Story
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Texas’ “maternity deserts” grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units
Only 40% of Texas’ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely. Full Story
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