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Senate Bill 8 and the state's so-called trigger law did not include exceptions for rape. Advocates say the bans not only restrict a survivor’s right to make important health care decisions, but they also add another level of trauma.
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Shawna Rogers died at 17, after years of abuse, violence and exploitation. The compounding cost of failures — from law enforcement and rehabilitators as well as family — finally proved fatal. In the end, she was blind to those who wanted to help her as they had been blind to her needs for years. Her life stands as a haunting example of how far Texas still has to go to help victims like her.
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Polling from the Texas Politics Project finds registered voters opinions’ on abortion are at odds with Texas laws.
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Richard Collins was convicted of raping Harmony Allen in 2017, but the case was overturned by a military court. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the potentially far-reaching case.
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From Texas Standard: Three named plaintiffs launched a class action lawsuit last year against the City of Austin, Travis County and several local...
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From Texas Standard: The next Texas legislative session kicks off in less than a week, and one issue facing lawmakers will be how to address the backlog...
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A former Baylor University student accused of raping another student is no longer welcome at the University of Texas at Dallas.UT Dallas president Richard…
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(Editor's note: This story includes graphic details of a sexual assault that some may find disturbing.) In the summer of 2006, 16-year-old Amber Wyatt…
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When Sierra Smith told Baylor University she’d been sexually assaulted by a classmate during a 2016 spring break trip to South Padre Island, she hoped…
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Democrat Wendy Davis appealed to women voters Tuesday by highlighting differences between herself and Republican opponent Greg Abbott on the issue that…
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Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for governor, said Wednesday she wants to eliminate the statute of limitations for prosecuting cases of rape and sex…
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Both major candidates for governor have launched statewide television commercials in the past week. Republican Greg Abbott’s second TV ad is in Spanish…