Texas - The Cut

crime 9/17/2018

A Border Patrol Agent in Texas Killed at Least 4 Women. Here’s What to Know.Prosecutors are calling Juan David Ortiz a serial killer.

By Madeleine Aggeler

crime 8/30/2018

The Mysterious Shackled Woman From the Texas Doorbell Video Has Been FoundShe was a victim of domestic violence, police say, and her boyfriend was found dead of an apparent suicide.

By Madeleine Aggeler

2018 midterms 8/29/2018

Texas GOP Succeeds in Making Beto O’Rourke Look Extremely Cool and Also HotNot that it takes much when you’re running against Ted Cruz.

By Gabriella Paiella

crime 8/27/2018

Texas Man Accused of Shooting Female Drivers, Believes They Are ‘Incompetent’Prosecutors say Nicholas D’Agostino has “a dim view of women.”

By Madeleine Aggeler

power 7/9/2018

Customs Agent Hassled Mother and Daughter for Having Different Last NamesA woman from Texas says an officer told her, “Maybe you should have taken your husband’s last name so you could prove you were her mom.”

By Amanda Arnold

crime 6/18/2018

Sheriff’s Deputy Sexually Abused Undocumented Woman’s 4-Year-Old Child: ReportOfficials say there may be other victims.

By Madeleine Aggeler

crime 5/18/2018

‘Multiple Fatalities’ Reported After Texas School ShootingA single gunman is in custody after a shooting at Santa Fe High School outside of Houston.

By Adam K. Raymond

sticker drama 11/16/2017

This Profane Anti-Trump Bumper Sticker Is Terrorizing a Texas TownThe local sheriff has sounded the alarm.

By Lisa Ryan

abortion rights 2017 10/18/2017

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Let Undocumented Teen Obtain an AbortionThe judge reminded Team Trump that abortion is protected by constitutional law.

By Ed Kilgore

10/13/2017

7 Months Pregnant and Trapped in a Hurricane“I thought: My baby and I are going to drown.”

By Lauren Lunar, as told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay

abortion rights 2017 10/10/2017

Trump Administration Threatens Abortion Access for Immigrant Minors in TexasThe ACLU is fighting one case in an emergency hearing.

By Leah Rodriguez

everyday sexism 9/15/2017

A Texas Official Was Reprimanded for Refusing to Meet With Female EmployeesHe skipped meetings with a colleague he feared “had romantic feelings for him.”

By Claire Landsbaum

bicep envy 9/8/2017

Ted Cruz Is Very Impressed by the U.S. Coast Guard’s Muscles“Every one of them [is] ripped.”

By Claire Landsbaum

reproductive rights 9/1/2017

Texas Judge Blocks Law Banning Common Abortion ProcedureA federal judge temporarily stopped the law from taking effect.

By Claire Landsbaum

hurricane harvey 8/30/2017

A Nurse on Rescuing Critically Ill Babies from Hurricane HarveyWhat it was like to evacuate premature newborns in Corpus Christi, Texas.

By Lisa Ryan

karma 8/25/2017

Watch Rep. Blake Farenthold Get Soaked by a Hurricane in Live InterviewMy dude looks miserable.

By Claire Landsbaum

politics 7/20/2017

Planned Parenthood Is Suing Texas Over Its Abortion-Procedure BanThey’re trying to reverse Texas’s ban of a common, safe abortion procedure.

By Claire Landsbaum

abortion access 6/27/2017

Here’s Why Texas Abortion Clinics Are Still Struggling to ReopenA year after a groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling in their favor, only 3 of 24 clinics have reopened.

By Claire Landsbaum

politics 6/7/2017

What You Need to Know About the Sweeping Anti-Abortion Law Just Signed in TexasIt bans a common abortion procedure and requires fetal remains to be buried.

By Claire Landsbaum

women's health 6/5/2017

Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Is Failing Texas TeensThe state has yet to adopt progressive policies that are working to reduce the teen-pregnancy rate elsewhere.

By Claire Landsbaum

offensive things 5/26/2017

Texas Middle-School Teachers Give Girl ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ AwardOnly one day after the Manchester terrorist attack.

By Lisa Ryan

reproductive rights 5/21/2017

Texas Passed an Intense Abortion-Restriction Bill Despite Supreme Court RulingBecause who cares about the Supreme Court, anyway?

By Jenni Miller

3/20/2017

Teen’s Ex and His New Girlfriend Arrested Over Her Cyberbullying SuicideBrandy Vela shot herself after her ex reportedly posted naked pictures of her online.

By Lisa Ryan

sxsw diary 3/17/2017

A List of Personal SXSW HighlightsAnd arguably some lowlights.

By Maggie Lange

abortion rights 3/13/2017

Texas Lawmaker Proposes Fining Men $100 Every Time They MasturbateIn the face of Texas abortion restrictions, State Rep. Jessica Farrar has introduced a satirical bill giving men a taste of their own medicine.

By Gabriella Paiella

legal battles 2/22/2017

Judge Blocks Texas’s Attempt to Cut Medicaid Funding to Planned ParenthoodA federal judge issued a preliminary injunction and wrote a scathing opinion admonishing the state.

By Theresa Avila

2/1/2017

Texas Mayor Is the State’s First Openly Trans Person to Serve in Elected OfficeJess Herbst has been New Hope’s mayor since May.

By Lisa Ryan

reproductive rights 1/24/2017

State Rep.: Criminalizing Abortion Would Women Force Women to Be ‘Responsible’Tony Tinderholt, the Texas lawmaker attempting to make abortion illegal in his state, spoke to the Texas Observer about his bill.

By Gabriella Paiella

abortion rights 12/31/2016

Planned Parenthood Takes Texas Back to CourtThe state is taking final steps to cut Planned Parenthood from its network of Medicaid providers.

By Jenni Miller

women's health 12/20/2016

Texas Makes Final Move to Stop Funding to Planned ParenthoodHealth officials in Texas filed a legal notice to end the program’s Medicaid funding.

By Theresa Avila

12/15/2016

Horrible Texas Rule Requiring Women to Cremate Fetal Remains Temporarily BlockedA judge issued a temporary restraining order against the regulations.

By Lisa Ryan

12/12/2016

Abortion Activists Are Fighting Back Against Texas’s Fetal-Remains RuleThe lawsuit seeks to block the rule from being implemented.

By Lisa Ryan

steaming piles of bullshit 12/6/2016

Texas Is Handing Out an Abortion Booklet That’s Full of MisinformationMisinformational material.

By Susan Rinkunas

women's health 11/28/2016

New Texas Health Rules Will Require Fetal Remains to Be Cremated or BuriedNew rules set to take effect mid-December prohibit hospitals or abortion providers from disposing of fetal remains in sanitary landfills.

By Theresa Avila

lgbt rights 11/21/2016

This Insane Bill Would Force Teachers to Out LGBT Students to Their ParentsIt entitles any Texas parent to information on their child’s “general physical, psychological or emotional well-being.”

By Claire Landsbaum

women's health 8/18/2016

Pregnancy-Related Deaths Doubled in Texas After Abortion Clinics ClosedFunny how those two things coincide.

By Claire Landsbaum

actually good things 8/1/2016

Thousands of Women in Texas Will Get Low-Cost IUDsThanks to a $2 million donation to Planned Parenthood.

By Susan Rinkunas

look book 7/24/2016

The Texan Who Wants to Go Into Fashion“Right now, I’m just trying to model and build up my résumé.”

By Alexis Swerdloff

crime 6/27/2016

Texas Mom Killed by Police After Shooting Her 2 DaughtersShe was a gun supporter and had a history of mental illness.

By Catie L'Heureux

abortion rights 6/27/2016

What Today’s Supreme Court Decision Means for Abortion RightsThe Supreme Court struck down two parts of a Texas law that placed restrictions on abortion providers.

By Claire Landsbaum

horrible things 6/14/2016

Lawsuit: White Boys Dragged a Black Girl by RopeA new lawsuit alleges the three white sixth graders injured their black classmate and administrators did nothing about it.

By Catie L'Heureux

bathroom police 4/29/2016

Man Attempts to Stop Woman From Using Women’s RestroomAn androgynous woman was followed into a restroom by a man making sure she wasn’t a man.

By Gabriella Paiella

shmashmortion 3/31/2016

Woman in Texas Forced to Deliver Stillborn BabyTime limits on abortions are more harmful than you think.

By Susan Rinkunas

3/5/2016

Conservative Woman Could Impact Texas TextbooksUnsurprisingly, she does not believe in climate change.

By Kat Ward

shmashmortion 11/13/2015

The Supreme Court Will Hear A Challenge to Texas Abortion LawThe law could leave the state with only 10 abortion clinics.

By Dayna Evans

memorials 8/26/2015

Sandra Bland Will Have a Street Named in Her HonorUniversity Drive becomes Sandra Bland Parkway.

By Dayna Evans

sweet romance 8/10/2015

Texas Judge: Marry Your Girlfriend or Go to JailRomance isn’t dead.

By Dayna Evans

shmashmortion 6/30/2015

SCOTUS Temporarily Blocks Closing of Texas Abortion Clinics The Court issued a stay on the new law that would effectively shut down half of the state’s abortion clinics.

By Erica Schwiegershausen

high school 10/12/2014

Meet the First Trans Homecoming King in Texas“I wanted to show that a guy like me can live a normal life and still be visible in the community and be widely accepted.”

By Hannah Smothers

shmashmortion 8/29/2014

By Choice or Necessity, the Future of Abortions May Be at HomeIn countries where abortion is illegal, women are safely self-inducing. Maybe we should, too.

By Kat Stoeffel