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Preventive care may no longer be free in 2026 because of HIV stigma − unless the Trump administration successfully defends the ACA

Many Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision permitted widely supported policies to continue, such as ensuring health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, allowing coverage for dependents up to age 26…

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Texas GOP calls for spiritual warfare

“This is not religious liberty — it’s Christian dominance," conservative Christian critic warns

Salon

At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare

At the three-day convention, delegates moved the needle further to the right, preaching Christian nationalism and approving rules that would give them unprecedented control of elections.

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Prominent anti-LGBTQ+ activist Jared Woodfill running for Texas House

If elected next year, Woodfill also plans to run for House speaker. His campaign accuses his 2024 opponent, conservative state Rep. Lacey Hull, of conspiring with incumbent Speaker Dade Phelan to work against conservatives.

The Texas Tribune

Millions of Americans at risk of losing free preventive care after Texas ruling on ACA

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision left widely supported policies in place, like ensuring coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, granting coverage for dependents up to age…

The Conversation

Texas Senate scales back proposed restrictions on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender kids

Senate Bill 14 would now allow trans children who are already receiving some transition-related treatments to continue getting that care. The Senate gave initial approval to the reworked legislation Wednesday.

The Texas Tribune

Houston GOP activist knew for years of child sex abuse claims against Southern Baptist leader, law partner

Under oath, outspoken anti-gay activist Jared Woodfill said he was told in 2004 that Paul Pressler had sexually abused a minor. But Woodfill did not cut ties with the Southern Baptist leader — and said he had no knowledge of Pressler’s alleged behavior when another young man came forward about…

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Transgender Texans and doctors say Republican lawmakers misconstrue what science says about puberty blockers and hormone therapy

In 2021, a bill that would block transgender kids’ access to transition-related care passed the Senate but died in the Texas House. This year, a majority of House members back such a ban.

The Texas Tribune

Texas doctor and GOP activist kicked out of state Senate after smearing trans people as paedophiles

Republican state lawmakers advancing anti-trans legislation ‘seemed to take no issue with transphobia, only profanity’ during committee hearing

The Independent UK

Editorial: Court was wrong to oppose HIV drug mandate because of employer’s religion

Religious liberty and pluralism are democratic principles that sometimes clash and that our nation must balance. We think that a federal district court in Fort Worth got that balance wrong and imperiled health care access with its recent ruling in Braidwood Management v. Becerra. In that case, the court found…

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas has thrown into question whether millions of insured Americans will continue to receive some preventive medical services, such as cancer screenings and drugs that protect people from HIV infection, without making a copayment.

Tribune News Service

Texas judge's medical ruling, explained

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas could affect preventative care costs for millions of Americans

Salon

Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

Tribune News Service

Texas judge says Affordable Care Act's requirement of free HIV drugs violates religious freedom

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge has sided with a Fort Worth orthodontist who argued that requiring health insurance to pay for HIV prevention drugs was a violation of his religious freedom.

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Religious employers need not cover PrEP in their health plans, federal judge rules

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling could threaten access to sexual and reproductive health care for more than 150 million working Americans on employer-sponsored health care plans. The ruling will likely be appealed.

Roll Call

Federal judge rules HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom - Roll Call

The judge singled out the drug PrEP and also called into question mandatory coverage of all preventive health care services.

The Independent UK

Texas GOP donor charged after repairman held at gunpoint during search for proof of Trump’s voter fraud claims

Activist hired investigator who allegedly ran handyman off the road and held him at gunpoint while looking for evidence of voter fraud

Salon

GOP donor charged in voter fraud scheme

Steven Hotze hired a dozen investigators, one of whom ran a repairman off the road and held him at gunpoint

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