Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Propublica is reporting on a third Texas woman who died needlessly after being denied abortion care in the midst of a problem miscarriage: https://www.propublica.org/article/porsha-ngumezi-miscarriage-death-texas-abortion-ban

...Domestic violence shelters are reporting an uptick in pregnant women arriving at their facilities seeking refuge from abusive partners: https://www.tpr.org/public-health/2024-11-25/domestic-violence-shelters-in-texas-see-a-surge-of-pregnant-women-after-the-dobbs-decision

...The anti-choice movement, oblivious to the suffering they are causing, is ramping up their efforts against doctors and advocates for reproductive rights: https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/texas-abortion-pro-life-state-19941596.php

Governor Greg Abbott has a minor freakout over a Houston doctor reminding Texans that they do not have to answer questions about their immigration status at hospitals: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/viral-doctor-texas-hospitals-19941817.php

...Trump "border czar" Tom Homan will tour that Starr County ranch offered up by Texas to host a mass detention facility for rounded-up undocumented people: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lone-star-politics/texas-leaders-meet-incoming-trump-border-czar/3706114/

The Texas Tribune - a non-profit news outlet - interviews U.S. House Rep. Vicente Gonzales, who recently voted in favor of a new law that would allow Donald Trump to unilaterally shut down non-profit news outlets: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/texas-vicente-gonzalez-congress-democrats-abortion-transgender/

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