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Avow is hiring: Institutional Giving Manager (remote)
Avow is hiring! The Institution Giving Manager will help us develop resources to continue and expand our work. This role is responsible for securing grants from our external funding partners for the 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 portfolios and developing alternative giving vehicles. We’re seeking a passionate and mission-aligned professional with at least 2 years of related …
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Avow Staff and Board members announce departure of executive director Aimee Arrambide
After four years of strong leadership, Aimee Arrambide is stepping down as the executive director of Avow Texas. Current deputy director Emily Martin, who has been at Avow for more than ten years, will serve as interim executive director beginning January 1, 2023. Aimee started her reproductive health, rights, and justice career at Avow Texas, …
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Texas trigger law bans abortion — even in cases of rape, incest, or fetal anomaly
Providing an abortion in Texas is now a felony. There aren’t even exceptions for rape, incest, or fetal anomaly. Every Republican in the State House and Senate approved this law. And Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law in 2021, knowing it would almost certainly become a reality. The goal of the “trigger ban” was …
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade, Texas extremists could soon criminalize all abortion care
Legal analysis on the ruling is still coming in, but here’s the bottom line: The Supreme Court is giving the green light to extremists across the country to outright ban abortion — and Texas will be the number one battleground. For decades, Texas lawmakers have pushed the most extreme attacks on abortion. If we’re going …
Avow’s first round of 2022 endorsements
The state of abortion access in Texas is a public health crisis, and it is about to get much worse with the upcoming Supreme Court decision. In this political climate, we need strong leaders who will destigmatize abortion and fight to restore abortion access with every tool they have at their disposal. Today, we are …
Key findings from Avow Dallas-Fort Worth Area Abortion Rights Focus Group
A research group on behalf of Avow conducted 5 online focus groups from March 14 to 23, 2022. Participants were recruited from a DFW district and segmented as follows: Participants were recruited to represent a mix of gender, age, educational attainment, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, employment status, and occupation. Prior to having an …
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Avow Endorses Sara Stapleton Barrera in SD 27
Avow is proud to endorse Sara Stapleton Barrera for Texas Senate in SD27. Sara took on the worst anti-abortion Democrat in the Texas legislature in 2020 and is a true fighter. Everyone in SD27 and beyond knows and loves someone who has had an abortion. Now more than ever, Texans deserve a champion for abortion …
Take Action for Abortion Access
The leaked Supreme Court opinion has thrown us all into crisis. If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Texas’s trigger law — which would ban and criminalize abortion — would go into place 30 days after the opinion is formally released. As of today, abortion is still legal, but soon, abortion at any stage …
Avow Endorses Rochelle Garza in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General
Houston, TX –– Avow endorses Rochelle Garza in the Democratic primary for Attorney General. This is the first time Avow has endorsed a candidate for Attorney General. Ken Paxton’s Most Notable Moments Attacking Abortion Rights In a losing effort, Ken Paxton asked the Supreme Court to uphold abortion restrictions in 2015. These restrictions (HB2) caused …
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