Reproductive Healthcare

Access to safe and legal abortions saves lives. As the only woman on the Democratic ticket running for governor, my goal is for every woman in Texas to have access to an array of options, from free and easy access to contraception to, if necessary, abortions. I know access to safe and legal abortions can be lifesaving because I had to have one to save my own life when complications from a pregnancy nearly ended it. My procedure was called a D&C but for all intents and purposes, it is an abortion I often wonder if I had lived in Texas at the time, under our state’s current political environment, if I would have been forced by the state to die?

These fundamental, and sometimes life and death decisions, should be made by the woman and her doctor, not by politicians.

As Texans, we celebrate the idea of self-determination and nothing is more important than control over our bodies, whether that means taking a birth control pill, getting an abortion, or even taking a vaccine. These fundamental, and sometimes life and death decisions, should be made by the individual and their doctor, not politicians.

Under my administration women and men will be respected and their health care options and outcomes will be a top priority.