Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the ...

Statesman columnist Bridget Grumet speaks about her trip to Delaware to investigate the access Texas women have to abortion ...

Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.

She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

The 89th Legislature begins in Austin on Jan. 14. Lawmakers will have several key issues to address when they return.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was ...

A Texas judge has allowed three states to move forward with a legal challenge seeking to impose stricter rules on the ...

Burrows will lead one of the state’s highest offices after a dramatic bowing-out of the former House speaker, Dade Phelan, ...

Until recently, abortion-ban states like Texas mostly gnashed their teeth and ... Morning Edition and Here & Now. She lives in Austin with her enormous cat, Grover Cleveland.

Last session ended in a stalemate on abortion. In Texas ... Donna Howard, the Austin Democrat who heads the Texas Women’s Health Caucus. So far, Democrats in the 89th Legislature have filed ...

Texas Democrats aim to expand abortion access, facing opposition from Republicans wanting to further restrict it.