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- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
TWHC Presents: The 87th Legislative Session Report
By Perdita Henry If there is a term to describe the Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition’s (TWHC) approach to the 87th Texas Legislative...
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
TWHC Comments During HHSC Virtual Post Award Forum on HTW Waiver
By Perdita Henry The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) hosted a Post Award Forum for the Healthy Texas Women (HTW) 1115 Waiver....
- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
Bills, Bills, Bills: What Happened to Our Bills?
By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Legislative Session is a wrap. Advocates worked hard to bring attention to and garner support...
- May 27, 2021
- 3 min
Member Spotlight: League of Women Voters of Texas
By Perdita Henry My first year as an eligible voter found me as an 18-year-old in Naval boot camp. As I adapted to a new life, I still...
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
HB 133 Moves to the Senate, but Advocacy Is Still Needed
By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Texas Legislature is headed toward Sine Die and TWHC continues advocating for bills that have...
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
Member Spotlight: South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation
By Perdita Henry A key to successful conversations about family planning is realizing that it looks different for everyone. Depending on...
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Bills, Bills, Bills: HB 2651
By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Texas Legislature is off to an interesting start, but TWHC is monitoring a flurry of bills that...
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Bills, Bills, Bills: HB 133
By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner Update: The Calendars Committee sent HB 133 to the House floor. On April 14, the House will vote on the...
- Mar 25, 2021
- 6 min
Member Spotlight: Texas Women’s Foundation
By Perdita Henry We’re in the final days of Women’s History Month 2021. It’s a month many of us have spent thinking about the way’s women...
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Bills, Bills, Bills: HB 320
By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Texas Legislature is off to an interesting start, but TWHC is monitoring a flurry of bills that...
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
Member Spotlight: El Centro de Corazón
By Perdita Henry There’s so much more to community than just who lives next door or down the street. Like everything else, the pandemic...
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Show Me the Money
By Erika Ramirez On January 11, 2021, ahead of the 87th Legislative Session, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Glenn Hegar, released...
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
Member Spotlight: Texas Association of Community Health Centers
By Perdita Henry A doctor’s visit involves so much more than just making an appointment and showing up on a day at a specific time. For...
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
The Top Four Priorities for TWHC During the 87th Legislative Session
By Perdita Henry While many of us thought 2020 would be our year, just three months in we realized that perhaps this year had other...
- Nov 19, 2020
- 7 min
Member Spotlight: Improving Maternal Health Houston
By Perdita Henry In 2017, the Houston Endowment convened a steering committee with leaders with backgrounds in healthcare, behavioral...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
A love letter to SAFE
Trigger Warning: Mental, physical, and sexual abuse is discussed. TWHC often collaborates with members to bring awareness to a host of...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 4 min
Member Spotlight: Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice Texas
By Perdita Henry In the following member spotlight, you will notice that we use the term Latinx. This is a gender-neutral term that is...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Texas Advocacy Project: Safety Through Legal Assistance
By Amanda Elkanick Oder October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this year it is even more imperative that we spotlight the...
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min
Member Spotlight: Texas Council on Family Violence
By Perdita Henry Safety should not be a luxury. When we end a long day in the world that produces its own set of harms, often based on...