ReproHealthWatch: Texas Fights Back Against Onslaught of Anti-Choice Bills (sev articles)

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REPRO HEALTH WATCH

April 29, 2015

Texas Fights Back Against Onslaught of Anti-Choice Bills | April 29,
2015

Texas lawmakers who oppose abortion rights have proposed a slew of measures to restrict reproductive rights, but abortion-rights supporters are mobilizing a strong response to ensure women have access to the full range of reproductive health care.


Featured Blog: Millennials Lead a Texas-Sized Movement forReproductive Health, Rights and Justice

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=UY5Z5OaHo0YUyeWJCnORsA


Texas Senate Committee Advances Bill To Ban Abortion Coverage

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=fz6kHpBYwrrsSuTyGyFRTw



Texas Lawmakers Backtrack on Antiabortion-Rights Provisions

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=BKRnST8BsOhiPqexGz3CYA



Featured Video: Texas Rep. Says Abortion-Rights Opponents' 'Hypocrisy Must Stop'

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=CRH3l3DBdOM3fZm5IumPgA


Advocates: Funding Restrictions on Women's Health Providers in Texas Budget Proposals Would Endanger Access

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=1-hG3INB1Rivr98OBoqa4Q


Featured Blog: ''Marlise's Law' Could Give End-of-Life Rights to Pregnant Texans'

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=ZoBZ7JRZ7IhSeFvw1F5xmQ


Texas House Panel Hears Testimony on Proposed Changes to Judicial Bypass for Minors Seeking Abortion

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=TfPPt5cL81n359IC25O6kg


Texas Lawmakers Propose Budget Amendments To Defund Alternatives to Abortion Program

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=XMIGSeIMSZcqg3QiG6SV-g


Texas House Panel Mulls Bill To Expand Teen Access to Birth Control

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=XDxL-qvh91GmZ_JUsAH3pw


Protests Highlight Texas Antiabortion-Rights Law's Disproportionate Effect on Latinas

http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=lMcv9DxeoWkOvow-mt4EyA


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1. Maybe the Lysystrata Strategy Wasn't Such A Bad Idea After All

During the 2012 elections I suggested that progressive women should rouse their Texas male lovers and partners by using the Lysystrata strategy--informing their partners that they'd get no Whoopie unless they showed signs of having gone to the polls and voted. I was roundly denounced as a sexist and unprogressive for floating this idea.

BTW, Texas voter turnout is notoriously light, particularly among progressives and minorities most likely to be hurt by right-wing legislation.

Well into the 2015 session of the Texas legislature and two rounds of vicious right-wing attacks on reproductive freedom and poorer Texas women's health, I can't help but wonder how fewer Teapublicans there'd be in the legislature if certain voters would have been motivated to vote--or else.