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Roe at 40 rally!
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Here in Austin, we had a great rally on the Capitol steps! It was fantastic to see so many pro-women groups coming together, including NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, Planned Parenthood of Greater … Continue reading
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The latest on the war on women
We had a great meeting last week! Dyana Limon-Mercado, statewide policy coordinator for Planned Parenthood, joined us and gave us the latest scoop on the war on women in Texas. Here’s what she had to say, including what you can … Continue reading
Happy International Women’s Day!
International Women’s Day is an awesome activist holiday. It was proposed in 1910 at the International Conference of Working Women by Clara Zetkin as a day for women to celebrate and to demand their rights. (More on its history here.) … Continue reading
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A sad confluence of events: RIP Rosie Jiménez
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, which is great. I’m planning to feature some cool Hispanic/Latina Texas women here in the next few weeks. We also recently saw the 35th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, the federal policy which prevents Medicaid from … Continue reading
Happy Women’s Equality Day?
Today is the 91st anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. In 1971, Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY) designated this day “Women’s Equality Day.” Lovely as the gesture might … Continue reading
Good news, bad news… and really bad news
The good news: the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidelines for insurance coverage on women’s preventive health services. Those guidelines require new health insurance plans to cover a full range of such services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance, … Continue reading