FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 18, 2025 CONTACT: Emily Witt (she/her), [email protected] TEXAS – Gov. Abbott yesterday signed House Bill 7, legislation crafted to ban the distribution of abortion pills into Texas, into law. The bill was passed during the state’s second special legislative session of 2025, during which policies targeting abortion access, limiting access to […]

Austin, TX –– “In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.” [Texas Tribune, March 30, 2023]   Avow Texas Policy Director Yaneth Flores issued the following statement: “We know that the end goal

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home Monday in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, to avoid being served a subpoena, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.” [Texas Tribune, September 26, 2022] Avow Texas Political Director Caroline Duble issued the following statement: “It’s rich for Ken Paxton to

Statewide Endorsed Candidates Beto O’Rourke, Governor Rochelle Garza, Attorney General      Susan Hays, Agriculture Commissioner Elva Curl, HD-112                                          Mihaela Plesa, HD-70  Frank Ramirez, HD-118       Lulu Flores, HD-51       Elizabeth Ginsberg, HD-108

“On Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott told The Dallas Morning News that rape victims can take emergency contraception, like Plan B, to prevent a pregnancy. With abortion now banned in Texas, even in instances of incest or rape, the governor recommended the use of emergency contraception to ensure a victim of rape does not become pregnant.”

Majority of Texas voters are now in support of abortion being available in all or most cases TEXAS – Today, one year after S.B. 8 took effect in Texas – leaving Texans without meaningful abortion access – a new poll was released by Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, Texas Freedom Network, Avow, Deeds Action Fund, Progress

Many states like Texas have trigger bans that will go into effect weeks after today’s decision. Austin, TX – In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court has ruled to overturn Roe. The Texas Legislature already enacted a trigger law to prohibit abortion by making it a crime. These criminal penalties in Texas will be effective