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With Mental Health Diversion Center Forthcoming, Sheriff Still Wants More Humane Jail Facilities
Can healing happen in jail?
"...If you ask why, she will point to the women's psych unit...."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Travis County Diversion Center Design to Begin in 2024
Getting people in crisis out of jail is "a long time coming"
"...in the state on how to address the mental health and substance use disorder crisis."..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left
In the hot seats
"...2010, a nonprofit advocating for access to food and health care, with which the county has partnered on COVID..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...a vote on the design contract for a new women's jail facility at the Travis County Correctional Complex, after..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature

Texas' Draconian Abortion Restrictions Likely to Face Court Challenge
Amid clouds and darkness, Texans get ready to fight for choice
"..."Let's be clear about this – abortion is still..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin FC to Host 100% Capacity Crowd for First Match at Q2 Stadium
Home of Austin's MLS expansion team gears up for June opening
"...Austin FC and Austin Public Health announced Monday that Q2 Stadium will operate at 100%..."

May 24, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Everything's Broken and Thousands are Dead, But There's Always Time For Abortion Bans in Texas
Seven "priority" anti-choice bills sail to Senate floor
"...deadly winter storm – and navigate an unprecedented public health crisis – the Senate State Affairs Committee turned its..."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Women's Health Advocates Brace for "Perfect Storm" at Texas Legislature
Republican lawmakers racing to further restrict abortion access
"...which somehow tops the agenda during an unprecedented public health crisis. "We hope to pass a whole lot of..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Soccer Watch: Back to Soccer?
"...meanwhile, men's soccer has been canceled permanently, but the women's season is currently set to start Sept. 26 with..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

We Have an Issue: How’s Your Blood Pressure?
Platitudes don't help. Now is 100% the time to get political.
"...In this week's cover story, Mary Tuma examines an..."

May 1, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Trump Administration Validates Texas' Anti-Choice Policies
State rewarded for booting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program
"...decided they’d rather see 50,000 low-income women scramble for health care than keep Planned Parenthood in a Medicaid program..."

Jan. 22, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Paxton Bans State Employees From Donating Pay to Planned Parenthood
But they can still donate to an anti-choice group
"...the relationship between Planned Parenthood and government entities, reproductive health advocates worried not only about the direct damage the..."

Jan. 13, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Council Members To Back Abortion Support Budget Measure
Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance
"...cost burdens of accessing the full range of reproductive health care services, including abortion, fall disproportionately on our most..."

Aug. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Toll Anti-Choice Laws Have on Real Lives
UT researcher interviewed 603 women about the barriers facing abortion care in Texas
"...anyone to navigate in an already hostile and resource-depleted health care environment. Vizcarra, under the direction of UT's Texas..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Luv Doc: A Little Bit Metro
Some people defy sterotypes
"...I once worked for a company that had a..."

June 14, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Senate Confirms Abbott's Nominee for State Office of Administrative Hearings Chief
Governor's list has hundreds of unconfirmed "holdover" officials
"...litigation (as solicitor) against Planned Parenthood, eventually forcing the healthcare organization out of the Texas Women's Health Program, much..."

May 2, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Luv Doc: Drop Crotch
The difficult conversations we don't have are often the ones that alter the course of our lives
"...I have always been proud that my guy is..."

March 15, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Crisis Pregnancy Center Pushed Out Abortion Provider Whole Woman’s Health
Anti-abortion CPC to replace reproductive health clinic
"...The site of longtime local abortion provider Whole Woman’s Health will now be the new home to Austin LifeCare,..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More
This bill's for you
"...in the state's Medicaid program, funded through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission......"

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Luv Doc: Not Metaphorically Speaking
You can say "Cleveland Steamer" and not be accused of profanity
"...My sister-in-law came to town from Houston last week..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Exposed Nipples
Unlike our president, a warm, sweaty, glitter-speckled nipple is nothing to be embarrassed about
"...Queen Vic had nine children with her first cousin/sex..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Support Texas Women’s Rights With Tacos and Beer
Eat tacos, drink beers, donate to an abortion fund
"...women in need creating a crisis situation for women’s health and leaving most of us feeling powerless to help...."

Sept. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Title X Money in the Right Hands
Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas sole statewide grantee
"...placed them in the hands of the more responsible Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas, a nonprofit..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing
Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services
"...while slashing family planning funding and cutting vital reproductive health options, such as cancer screenings and preventative care...."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Luv Doc: An Octogenarian Don Draper
Why is the Luv Doc looking at 60-year-old penises?
"...to be a caring and flattering man with a healthy sense of humor. The problem is I'm concerned others..."

June 29, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin's Day of Resistance
Where to commemorate the first anniversary of the Women’s March
"...locally, to demand safe and reliable access to reproductive health care...."

Jan. 19, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Luv Doc: A Very Depressive Point of View
Contrary to our Idiot-in-Chief's racist desires, no one in Norway wants to come to America
"...I'm 28 years old, about to turn 29 in..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

No Pun Intended
"...the pages of the Chronicle [see the War on Women's Health page]. Speaking as a pro-choice person, it's just..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Postmarks

Texas Backs Trump Agency in Holding Undocumented Abortion-Seeking Minor "Hostage"
Federal agency sent minor to crisis pregnancy center instead
"...of Refugee Resettlement, under the umbrella of the U.S. Health and Human Services. Doe wishes to remain anonymous out..."

Oct. 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

State Axes Anti-Choice Group's Family Planning Funds
The Heidi Group failed to meet their own patient target goals
"...medical science in charge of increasing access to reproductive health care, you don’t get the results you’re looking for...."

Aug. 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

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