Waiting for SCOTUS: Ten memorable moments in the fight against HB2

It’s official: Monday morning we will get an answer from the Supreme Court regarding our fight against the Texas omnibus HB2 in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. We have been in this for three years now, ever since Wendy Davis made her historic filibuster. Now, years of small victories and devastating clinic closures are coming …

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Trust. Respect. Access.

Today we, along with our coalition partners NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, ACLU of Texas, the Texas Research Institute, Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, Progress Texas, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and the Texas Freedom Network, are at the Texas State Capital for Advocacy Day: Trust. Respect. Access. We’re working with Texans from across the state to ask their legislators …

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Whole Woman’s Health Turns 12!

Today marks twelve years since we first opened our arms to the women of central Texas, and expanded in our other communities across Texas, Maryland, Minnesota, and most recently New Mexico. Since that first January in 2003, our patients have continued to be the focal point of all that we do and will continue to …

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Come Party With Lady Parts Justice

On September 27th, join Lady Parts Justice for their V to Shining V campaign as they host parties in every state across the US to call out anti-choice politicians for legislating against a woman’s right to access safe, legal abortion care! Lady Parts Justice was started by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’s Co-Producer, Lizz …

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House Bill 2 Forces Whole Woman’s Health of Austin to Close

With extremely heavy hearts, we’re announcing today that Whole Woman’s Health of Austin is closing its doors days before our trial against House Bill 2 begins. Austin was our flagship clinic, serving the community of Central Texas with the best abortion care available to women for over ten years. House Bill 2, which passed last …

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Whole Woman’s Health Takes Texas to Court over HB 2.

The trial in our second challenge to Texas’ unconstitutional abortion restrictions will begin at 9AM CT (10AM EST) on Monday, August 4, 2014 in United States District Court in Austin.  We expect the trial to conclude on Thursday, August 7, 2014. Whole Woman’s Health v Lakey is the second challenge to Texas’ House Bill 2 (HB2), …

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“They don’t have abortion clinics up there at all.”

This is part of an ongoing collection of women’s stories in Whole Woman’s Health clinics that we will be posting all week. These women have all had to struggle and jump through different hoops as a result of the passage of House Bill 2 in July of 2013, and they deserve to have their stories …

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds House Bill 2

        After waiting for the 5th Circuit Court to hand down their ruling on the provisions of House Bill 2, we are unsurprised today to find out that they have found the bill and its restrictions to be constitutional.    Here is a response from Amy Hagstrom Miller, our Founder, President, and CEO, …

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The Best Words of Encouragement Come from Our Patients

We received this thank you card from a previous patient of ours at Whole Woman’s Health of Austin, thanking us for the care she experienced with the staff in the clinic and telling us how important it is that access remain open in Texas. It’s the support and empowerment from our patients that reminds us …

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