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Daily Dispatch 8/13/24: Two Texas Hospitals Targeted For Refusing Abortion Care, and More


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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Two Texas women have filed suit against two Texas hospitals, which they say denied needed emergency care for ectopic pregnancies: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/12/texas-abortion-law-ectopic-pregnancies/

Primary-defeated and outgoing Harris County DA Kim Ogg is set to announce corruption charges in relation to the November 2022 election in the Houston area: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/ogg-rangers-corruption-election-harris-county-19652702.php

Over 70 Republican officeholders and nominees have signed a letter demanding that the State Fair of Texas reverse its decision not to allow patrons to carry guns into the fairgrounds this fall: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-safety/2024/08/12/texas-lawmakers-urge-state-fair-to-reverse-gun-ban-a-year-after-shooting/

A new state law that protects Texas teachers from prosecution for violating the First Amendment's application to the separation of church and state was highlighted yesterday during a hearing of the Texas Committee on Public Education: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/teachers-now-free-to-violate-separation-of-church-and-state-texas-education-official-says-35297488

Elon Musk's two-hour conversation with Donald Trump last night was riddled with dozens of unchecked lies: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/us/politics/trump-musk-x-fact-check.html

...While Musk's SpaceX company us under scrutiny from multiple environmental regulation agencies over its dumping of mercury-contaminated water in South Texas: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/spacex-repeatedly-polluted-waters-in-texas-tceq-epa-found.html

Progress Texas will set up our official HQ during TribFests' Open Congress on Saturday Septmeber 7 at Hideout Coffee at 7th and Congress! We'll be live all day recording for the podcast, hanging out with progressive activists including YOU, and moving our stylish merch. Come see us - it's free! https://festival.texastribune.org/event/651560b0-5404-4ea0-b75e-8725c648826d/websitePage:64071bfd-7c25-49f7-a1ca-90f3fa6ff376

See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025

...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration

The deadline to register for the November election is October 7. Are you registered? Are you sure? ALL Texas voters should confirm their registration, right now: https://govotetexas.org/

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