For all of us who are politically obsessed, the country’s first major primary takes place in less than two weeks when Texas voters head to the polls on March 6. Early voting started in the Lonestar state and shows democratic turnout surging, but prochoice voters in Texas cannot take any chances. In a state where your reproductive rights are severely restricted, now more than ever, we must #VOTEPROCHOICE in this election. it’s a shame that the state that gave us the outspoken and dazzling governor Ann Richards is now run by a bunch of Tea-Party Republicans. The ACLU of Texas points out since 2010, between 100,000 and 240,000 Texas women have attempted to induce their own abortions due to the state’s onerous abortion laws. The Guttmacher Institute highlights the startling statistic that “In 2014, some 96% of Texas counties had no clinics that provided abortions, and 43% of Texas women lived in those counties.” But that’s not all - as of 2018 in the state of Texas there are the following restrictions on abortion services:
That’s why we’ve released our 2018 Texas Primary #VOTEPROCHOICE Voter Guide in partnership with our friends at BallotReady. We’ve endorsement X prochoice champion candidates and provided prochoice recommendations where we can. e urge you to cast your vote for these prochoice champions and truly stand for the rights of all Texans.
Here are the 2018 #VOTEPROCHOICE TX Prochoice Champions who deserve your vote:
Congressional Prochoice Champions in Texas:
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Laura Moser - Texas 7 Congressional District - Proudly Prochoice!
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Will Fisher - Texas 26 Congressional District - Proudly Prochoice!
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Christine Eady Mann - Texas 31 Congressional District - Proudly Prochoice!
State Legislature Prochoice Champions:
Local Prochoice Champions:
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Elvonte’ Patton - Harris County School Trustee, Pos. 3, At-large - Proudly Prochoice!
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Lina Hidalgo - Harris County Judge - Proudly Prochoice!
Don’t see any of your local races listed? Check out our Texas Primary #VOTEPROCHOICE Voter Guide to help you on Tuesday, March 6.
Democrats were once the powerful party in Texas—spearheading positive change and reform. But, as FiveThirtyEight points out, there are shifts that are changing the face and politics of the state. Like all American voting blocks, Texas voters are prochoice and must have prochoice representation in every level of government. As we witnessed with the Doug Jones upset in Alabama, from a slew of local elections in North Carolina, and in other red states across the country—when prochoice candidates stand up and defend reproductive rights for all people, we the people, win. Texans deserve reproductive freedom and accessible, universal reproductive healthcare services. Period. End of story. Let’s do the right thing and #FlipTexasBlue on Tuesday, March 6!