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BREAKING: HB 5071 Would Protect The Privacy of Texans Experiencing Pregnancy Loss

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 …

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Indicted Ken Paxton Runs Away From Abortion Funds Subpoena

“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 …

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Avow Texas Announces 2022 Endorsements

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 …

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Texas Survivors Deserve Respect and Access To The Full Range of Reproductive Healthcare

“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.” …

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One Year After S.B. 8, New Poll Shows Texans are Motivated by Abortion and Politicians are Out of Step

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 …

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BREAKING: Leaked Supreme Court Draft Shows Conservative Majority Intend to Overturn Roe v Wade soon

Austin, TX – In a leaked draft obtained by Politico, Justice Alito writes “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.”  “The overturning of Roe would almost immediately lead to stricter limits on abortion access in large swaths of the South and Midwest, with about half of the states set to immediately impose broad …

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Joint statement from the State Abortion Access Network on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Cleveland, OH – The following press statement is issued jointly by the 13 organizations that make up the State Abortion Access Network — Avow, Cobalt, Pro-Choice Connecticut, Pro-Choice Maryland, Pro-Choice Minnesota, Pro-Choice Missouri, Pro-Choice North Carolina, Pro-Choice Ohio, Pro-Choice Oregon, Pro-Choice Virginia, Pro-Choice Washington, Pro-Choice Wyoming, and Reproductive Equity Now: President Joe Biden has nominated …

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SCOTUS ALLOWS SB 8 TO REMAIN IN EFFECT

Austin, TX – On Friday, December 10th at 10 am CST the Supreme Court of the United States released their opinion on the two cases challenging SB8, Texas’s 6-week abortion ban. First and most importantly, the anti-abortion majority in Supreme Court allowed SB8 to remain in effect, prolonging the ban on abortion care for the …

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade

Texas could soon criminalize all abortion. But together, we still have the power to take back our futures. Right now, Avow canvassers are working in the field and talking to voters about what abortion access means to our communities.

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FIGHT THE TEXAS ABORTION BAN

SB 8 bans abortion as early as 6 weeks and puts a $10,000 bounty on anyone who helps someone get abortion care. Now more than ever, we need unapologetic abortion rights advocates to lay the groundwork to defeat anti-abortion lawmakers.

Chip in to organize Texans to restore abortion access in our state. The organizing we do today determines the gains we make in 2022.

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NARAL Pro-Choice Texas is now Avow!

To avow means to declare openly, bluntly, and without shame. Now more than ever, our state needs bold and unapologetic advocacy for abortion rights.

As an independent, Texas-based organization, Avow will continue our work at the state and local level — where the decisions that most impact Texans are happening.

Together, we can build a Texas where every person is trusted, thriving, and free to pursue the life they want.

Learn more about our new name, inspired by bold and unapologetic abortion advocates like you!