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After little movement in the 2021 legislative session, politicians and policy advocates hope there’s more traction on maternal and postpartum health bills this legislative session.
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In conservative Sabine County, it’s hard for teens to access contraception or sex education beyond lessons on abstinence. The Deep East Texas region has one of the highest teen birth rates in the state.
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Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer, it’s put a spotlight on pregnancy prevention efforts, like sex education.
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More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.
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Once a minor discovers they're pregnant and goes through the process of seeking a judge's permission, it may be too late to get an abortion in Texas.
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Sex educators in North Texas worry the new sex education standards in Texas schools are not doing enough to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
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The North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens has partnered with the app OkaySo to answer questions about sex from teens and parents.
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The North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens was awarded more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
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The city of Dallas has joined forces with nonprofit North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens — or Ntarupt — to try to cut down on its…
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Schnthia Herod has always had big, bright eyes and even bigger plans for herself. When we first met her in 2013, the 11-year-old was proud to have…
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Seven months after an undocumented teenager under federal custody in Texas got an abortion over the objections of the state of Texas and the Trump…
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More than a week after an undocumented teenager under federal custody in Texas received an abortion that became the subject of an intense court battle,…