Tag Archives: Texas

NAACP Sues Texas Over New Voter Suppression Law

Via press release from the NAACP: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Reed Smith LLP, and The Arc filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Houston Area Urban League, Houston Justice, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and The Arc of Texas challenging S.B. 1, a new Texas law targeting voting rights. S.B. 1 includes a …

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Texas Governor To “Eliminate All Rapists” So That Rape Victims Won’t Be Forced To Carry Their Rapists’ Babies

Houston’s NBC News affiliate reports: Texas Governor Greg Abbott weighed in on a burning question related to the state’s recently passed bill banning abortions after six weeks: what about victims of rape? During a Tuesday press conference, Abbott said the law gives rape victims up to six weeks to get abortion and thusly “does not do that [force victims to …

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TX Gov Signs Sweeping Voter Suppression Bill Into Law

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law Senate Bill 1, sweeping legislation that further tightens state election laws and constrains local control of elections by limiting counties’ ability to expand voting options. The governor’s signature ends months of legislative clashes and standoffs during which Democrats — propelled by concerns that the legislation raises new barriers …

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Texas AG: The Founders Intended Abortion Bounties

“This came back to reality and protecting human life. I understand why Washington, the elitists are upset with this because this actually protects babies. “They clearly didn’t understand what the founders intended. They wanted states to be the experiments for democracy so they can try things in different ways. The federal government, the Joe Biden administration, Merrick Garland don’t view …

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Abortion Snitch Line Booted Offline For Second Time

The Washington Post reports: Texas Right to Life’s website, ProLifeWhistleblower.com, which invited people to inform on those obtaining or facilitating abortions, has not stayed up for long, as website registration providers have said the online form to submit “whistleblower” reports violates their rules. On Monday, the organization confirmed that the website redirects to its main page as it seeks to …

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DOJ To “Protect” Women Seeking Abortion In Texas

The Washington Post reports: Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the Justice Department would protect women seeking an abortion in Texas as the agency explores ways to challenge one of the most restrictive laws in the nation. In a statement, Garland said the department would “protect those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services pursuant to our criminal …

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Trump Dodges On Texas Abortion Ruling By SCOTUS

The New York Post reports: Former President Donald Trump dodged a question on whether he agreed with the Supreme Court’s decision to not block Texas’s restrictive abortion law — calling the move “complex” but “probably temporary.” In a new TV interview, Trump was asked if his three nominees to the court made a difference when it came to the controversial …

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POLL: Half Of Texas Disapproves Of Gov. Greg Abbott

Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports: New polling from the Texas Politics Project asked voters whether they thought the state was headed in the right direction. Just 35% of those polls said yes, 52% said they thought Texas was on the wrong track. “This is really an eye-opener for us,” said Jim Henson, executive director of the Texas Politics Project at …

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Nationwide Marches To Protest Texas Abortion Ruling

Axios reports: The Women’s March will convene nationwide mass mobilization events next month to protest a controversial new abortion law in Texas, the group announced Friday. Women’s March and over 90 other organizations are organizing a national call to mobilize on Oct. 2 and “defend our reproductive rights.” They will hold marches in “every single state” ahead of the Supreme …

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GoDaddy Boots Texas Abortion Snitch Website

Ars Technica reports: The Texas Right to Life group will have to find a new hosting provider for its website that encourages people to report violations of the state’s restrictive new anti-abortion law. GoDaddy took action after Gizmodo reported that Texas Right to Life’s new website, prolifewhistleblower.com, seems to violate a GoDaddy rule that says website operators may not “collect …

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Texas Approves Restrictions On Abortion-Inducing Pill

The Texas Tribune reports: In the same week as one of the strictest abortion laws in the country went into effect in Texas, the state Legislature passed another bill that would restrict the procedure during the first term of pregnancy. Senate Bill 4 remains identical to the version of the bill passed by the Texas Senate. Texas Democrats were unable …

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Lawsuit Seeks To Block TX GOP’s Voter Suppression Bill

The Hill reports: Voting rights advocates on Friday sued to block a restrictive new GOP-crafted Texas voting bill that the challengers say will make it disproportionately harder for people of color to vote. The 74-page complaint, filed in a San Antonio-based federal court, takes aim at Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1), a sweeping measure passed this week that would tighten …

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Dating App Launches Fund To Fight Texas Abortion Law

USA Today reports: Austin-based Bumble — no stranger to taking political stands — is creating a relief fund to support reproductive rights and to help people seeking abortions in Texas. A company spokesperson said the money will go towards partner organizations dedicated to protecting reproductive rights. The company also mentioned its plans to support abortion rights in an Instagram post …

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TikTokers Spam Texas Abortion Snitch Line With Porn

The Guardian reports: Pro-choice users on TikTok and Reddit have launched a guerrilla effort to thwart Texas’s extreme new abortion law, flooding an online tip website that encourages people to report violators of the law with false reports, Shrek memes, and porn. Though the site was launched a month ago, the fake reports came flooding in on the eve of …

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Texas Anti-Abortion Snitch Line Already Getting Tips

The Washington Post reports: Texas Right to Life, which helped pass the law, has set up an online portal to collect anonymous information about possible ban violations and is encouraging individuals to pursue lawsuits. Legislative director John Seago said the group has received some tips but none that lead them to think clinics are performing illegal abortions. “As far as …

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Cultists Have Donated $54M To TX State Border Wall

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to raise private funds to build a wall along the Texas-Mexico border surged in August, from around $1 million at the beginning of the month to more than $54 million by its end. In June, Abbott announced a fundraising website where people could donate to help pay for the barrier. Two months …

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SCOTUS Upholds Texas Abortion Ban For Now

NPR reports: The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday night refused to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The vote was 5-to-4, with three Trump-appointed justices joining two other conservative justices. Dissenting were conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, and the court’s three liberal justices. The decision left open the option for abortion providers to challenge the …

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Biden: TX Abortion Law Is “Blatantly” Unconstitutional

From a statement issued by the White House: Today, Texas law SB8 went into effect. This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century. The Texas law will significantly impair women’s access to the health care they need, particularly for communities of color and individuals with …

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Near Total Abortion Ban Takes Effect In Texas

CNN reports: A Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into the pregnancy could provide the playbook for red states to pass extreme abortion restrictions — without having to wait for the Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade. The measure — signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May — prohibits abortion …

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Voter Suppression Bill Heads To Desk Of TX Governor

The Texas Tribune reports: Three months after House Democrats first broke quorum to stymie a previous iteration of the legislation, Republicans in the House and Senate Tuesday signed off on the final version of Senate Bill 1 to further tighten the state’s voting rules and rein in local efforts to widen voting access. Abbott, a Republican, is expected to sign …

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