Featured story from Mary Tuma: “HB 7 will fuel fear among manufacturers and providers nationwide, while encouraging neighbors to police one another’s reproductive lives, further isolating pregnant Texans, and punishing the people who care for them.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-bounty-hunter-ban-abortion-pills/
#abortion #healthcare #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights #TXlege
Last week, from Michelle Pitcher: Efforts to limit #police transparency by shielding some complaints from public view have failed multiple times during the 2025 legislative season—most recently in the form of House Bill 15. https://www.texasobserver.org/police-records-files-bill-dies-lege/
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Featured story, from Special Correspondent Mary Tuma: The GOP-backed “crack down” on #abortion pills and those who provide them could potentially impact access in much of the country and serve as a blueprint for other states to adopt. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-bounty-hunter-ban-abortion-pills/
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Dem #TXsen candidate & #TxLege State Rep.James Talarico, named 1 of the Top 10 Best Legislators by #Texas Monthly mag:
"I'm a middle school teacher. I don't scare easily."
The guy who even RW podcaster Joe Rogan called "a truly good person."
"A new state law requiring schools to obtain parental consent before administering health care services to students has triggered confusion among campus nurses who worry they could face punishment for routine acts like offering bandages or handing out ice packs."
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/05/texas-school-nurses-students-parental-consent/
#healthcare #schools #nurses #ChildrensHealth #consent #ParentalConsent #education #texas #txlege
The law’s authors urged districts to use “common sense.” But some nurses worry they could violate the law and face discipline for providing basic care without a parent’s approval.
Featured story: “HB 7 exports #Texas’ extreme #abortion ban far beyond state borders. It will fuel fear among manufacturers and providers nationwide, while encouraging neighbors to police one another’s reproductive lives, further isolating pregnant Texans, and punishing the people who care for them.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-bounty-hunter-ban-abortion-pills/
Last week, from Michelle Pitcher: “I think that the way [HB 15] went down is a really good sign. We’re hopeful that it means it doesn’t come back again, and that we can preserve some level of #transparency for all Texans, because they deserve it.” https://www.texasobserver.org/police-records-files-bill-dies-lege/
#police #TXlege #politics #USpol #Texas #news #HumanRights #journalism
Featured story, from Justin Miller: These changes could deliver the GOP as many as 5 additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and provide enough political cushion for the party to maintain control of the chamber and shield Donald #Trump’s administration from electoral accountability and Democratic-led oversight. https://www.texasobserver.org/new-texas-maps-political-musical-chairs/
“This bill will harm #women and could even lead to more pregnant women dying because they couldn’t access life-saving medications.”
From Mary Tuma: Under this extreme new law, citizens could sue anyone who “manufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes, or provides” #abortion pills to Texans for at least $100,000 in damages. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-bounty-hunter-ban-abortion-pills/
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