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As of January 2025, Texas has some of the widest gaps in women’s rights protections nationwide. The state enforces
Texas Medicaid at a crossroads
Texas’ Medicaid program covers millions of low-income children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. But the state remains one
Texas mail-in voting rules will remain strict
In August 2025, a federal appeals court upheld Texas’s mail-ballot ID-number matching rule, reversing a lower court's
TX extends bounty hunter model to abortion pills
HB 7 authorizes private citizens to sue those who manufacture, distribute, mail, deliver, prescribe, or otherwise provide abortion-inducing drugs to
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Current Status - Summary
As of January 2025, Texas has some of the widest gaps in women’s rights protections nationwide. The state enforces
Texas Medicaid at a crossroads
Texas’ Medicaid program covers millions of low-income children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. But the state remains one
Texas mail-in voting rules will remain strict
In August 2025, a federal appeals court upheld Texas’s mail-ballot ID-number matching rule, reversing a lower court's
TX extends bounty hunter model to abortion pills
HB 7 authorizes private citizens to sue those who manufacture, distribute, mail, deliver, prescribe, or otherwise provide abortion-inducing drugs to
Texas passes major rural health bill
Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 18 in June 2025, a sweeping rural health law designed to keep small hospitals open
Postpartum Medicaid coverage expanded in Texas
In 2024, Texas expanded postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage from 2 months to 12. The bipartisan bill (HB 12) aims
Texas passes anti-red-flag legislation
In June of this year, Texas passed SB 1362, which bans state and local officials from recognizing, serving, or enforcing
TX - Impact of the Heartbeat Act
On May 19, 2021, Governor Abbott signed SB 8, also known as the Heartbeat Act, prohibiting doctors from performing abortions
Support for college women in Texas keeps getting thinner
Texas public universities spent 2024 dismantling DEI offices to comply with SB 17, which has meant program closures and layoffs