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Advocacy groups, providers sue Texas over new abortion restrictions

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, stands with Texas state senators as she speaks at a news conference outside the Texas Capitol as the Texas House prepares to...

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Hearing date set for abortion lawsuit

A hearing date in the lawsuit against provisions of the new Texas abortion law has been set for Oct. 21, one week before the law is set to go into effect.

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It’s official: Wendy Davis is running for Texas governor

Wendy Davis is now officially a candidate for Texas governor. (Louis DeLuca/Staff photographer) Update: Wendy Davis is officially in the race for … [visit site to read more]

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Can Wendy Davis win? Let us count the ways

How Wendy Davis can be elected governor of Texas. How she can’t. visit site to read more]

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Political Points conversation focuses on Wendy Davis’ campaign launch

Political Points is back. This week I join reporter Rudy Bush in a discussion about Wendy Davis’ campaign for governor. The Fort Worth senator launched her underdog bid a week ago. She’s unopposed in...

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Tom Pauken warns Greg Abbott’s play-it-safe politics could make Wendy Davis...

Republican Tom Pauken scolded Greg Abbott today for dodging questions in his bid for governor, saying that keeping voters in the dark is not a winning philosophy for a GOP that will need a strong...

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Court takes on state’s new sweeping abortion law

Abortion providers sought to derail a new Texas law before it goes into effect next week, telling a federal court on Monday that it could harm women’s health by shuttering clinics and forcing women to...

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Federal judge weighs the fate of new state abortion law

A federal judge is weighing whether new abortion restrictions, which providers say will close 13 clinics in the state, should go into effect next … [visit site to read more]

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Court: Texas abortion law unlawfully impinges on women’s rights

Abortion rights advocates protest state restrictions in the Texas Capitol.visit site to read more]

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Planned Parenthood asks Supreme Court for emergency action on abortion law

Citing the closing of abortion clinics around the state, Planned Parenthood and other groups have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the … [visit site to read more]

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PPP poll: Greg Abbott has commanding lead over Wendy Davis

In the 2014 governor’s race, Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott has opened up a 15-point lead over Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth in the latest Public Policy Polling survey. “As Davis...

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Wendy Davis says “I am pro-life” because she wants to protect women

As Wendy Davis makes the rounds for the Democratic nomination for governor, she’s giving some indication how she will handle the abortion issue. Davis catapulted to national attention after a...

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Wendy Davis heads to Washington to meet big-dollar Democratic megadonors

Democrat Wendy Davis, who is expected to be heavily outspent by Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, heads to Washington this week to meet some of the Democratic Party’s biggest campaign donors....

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Supreme Court won’t block Texas abortion restrictions

Abortion rights advocates protest state restrictions in the Texas Capitol.visit site to read more]

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Wendy Davis would have vetoed $5 billion cuts to public schools, not defended...

Democrat Wendy Davis told Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday that she would have vetoed billions of dollars in cuts to public schools rather than defend them court as Abbott has done. At issue...

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Appeals judges grill both sides over Texas abortion law

NEW ORLEANS – Appellate judges on Monday challenged lawyers over provisions of Texas’ new abortion law and whether they have unduly caused the closure of about a dozen abortion clinics. The...

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Wealthy donors gather at Dallas lawyer Lisa Blue Baron’s home for Wendy Davis...

Wendy Davis likes to throw low-dollar fund-raisers that attract a mix of people, but tonight she’s going after huge chunks of cash. Some of the area’s most prolific Democratic Party donors are visit...

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Texas’ abortion ban unaffected by Supreme Court shut down of similar Arizona law

A new Texas law will continue prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy even as the U.S. … [visit site to read more]

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Update: Wendy Davis raises more than $12 million; Greg Abbott adds $11.5...

UPDATE at 6:12 p.m.: Republican frontrunner Greg Abbott has now unveiled his fundraising for the second half of 2013 — $11.5 million. Abbott’s campaign announced that he had $27 million on hand for...

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Wendy Davis campaign releases letters from daughters defending their mother...

Wendy Davis was flanked by her father and her daughters during her 2012 victory speech in Fort Worth. (File 2012)visit site to read more]

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