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Judge Halts Texas “Child Abuse” Investigations Into Trans Youths and Families
The judge’s order was limited in scope due to a previous ruling by the state Supreme Court earlier this year.
![Millions of insured Americans could lose no-cost coverage for preventative services such as cancer screenings.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-853303872-1-400x300.jpg)
Texas Court Decision Threatens ACA Coverage of Preventive Medical Services
Millions of insured Americans could lose no-cost coverage for preventative services such as cancer screenings.
![Forensic experts carry the body of a Guatemalan migrant girl who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande with her mother into the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on August 22, 2022. The girl's mother was rescued.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1242662006-400x300.jpg)
Mass Drowning of Migrants in Rio Grande Spurs Calls for Immigration Reform
At least 9 migrants drowned while attempting to cross the swollen Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas earlier this week.
![Yesterday in TX, Providing an Abortion Became Punishable by Up to Life in Prison](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/SEG3-abortion-sc-capitol-400x300.jpg)
Yesterday in TX, Providing an Abortion Became Punishable by Up to Life in Prison
Millions have now lost their right to abortion as state trigger laws take effect.
![A person sits in the Houston Public Library on April 26, 2022, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0824-texas-library-400x300.jpg)
Texas District Votes to Forbid Acknowledging Trans People Exist in Schools
The policy will require school district staff to only use pronouns associated with a student's sex assigned at birth.
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Austin Schools Will Now Offer Free Pads and Tampons: Period Equity Is Expanding
Students are fighting for equal access to menstrual supplies -- and winning.
![A sign reading 'One Child is Worth More than your Guns' is raised as demonstrators against the National Rifle Association (NRA) listen to Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke at Discovery Green across from the NRA Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, on May 27, 2022, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0805-texas-guns-400x300.jpg)
Outraged Uvalde Residents Rise Up Against Local Fundraiser for NRA
The event, which included an AR-15 giveaway, was going to be held just 40 miles from the Robb Elementary School.
![An illustration of a man's skull set against the sun behind prison bars](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0727-prison-heat-400x300.jpg)
Hundreds of Thousands of Incarcerated People Are in Danger Amid Scorching Heat
This summer is among the hottest on record, but many people in U.S. prisons can’t access even basic ways to cool down.
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Texas Republican Seeks to Limit HIV Medication Access After Winning Abortion Ban
Lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is most well-known for helping to craft Texas’s abortion bill, last year’s first blow to “Roe.”
![Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference about the mass shooting at Uvalde High School on May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0726-greg-abbott-400x300.jpg)
Uvalde School District to Abbott: Call Special Session on Raising Gun-Buying Age
Without a special session, the state legislature won’t meet to consider the idea until January at the earliest.