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I am honestly speechless to be named reporter of the year by Texas Managing Editors.
In a difficult year for media nationwide, it’s a privilege to be able to continue to do this work, one I don’t take lightly.
Eleanor Klibanoff
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Eleanor Klibanoff
@eklib
@texastribune covering law, courts and politics.
previously: abortion and women’s health.
all my exes not in Texas: @kentuckycir @pacrossroads @npr
- BREAKING: Judge has issued a statewide injunction blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to have CPS investigate parents of trans children for providing gender-affirming care
- NEW: Texas’ child welfare agency has RULED OUT child abuse and closed the investigation in at least one case involving parents who provide gender-affirming care to their trans kids.
- It’s been five decades since an adult woman has had to ask a judge for permission to have an abortion. Now, two in a week.NEW: A Kentucky woman who is 8 weeks pregnant has filed a class action lawsuit asking a judge for emergency relief to terminate her pregnancy. She is the 2nd woman this week (other is in Texas) nationwide to ask a judge to intervene on her behalf to get an abortion.
- NEW: A court has thrown out Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal in the case involving a CPS investigation into parents of a trans kid. This means Friday's hearing for a statewide injunction can proceed. @TexasTribune
- BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to testify in an abortion access lawsuit. More details TK. Judge Robert Pitman had previously quashed the subpoena, which Paxton fled his home to avoid being served.
- NEW: Two Texas women have filed federal EMTALA complaints against Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital in Round Rock and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital for allegedly refusing to treat their ectopic pregnancies. More TK @TexasTribune
- More than 1,000 service members charged with sexual assault from 2012-2021 were allowed to leave the military rather than face trial, quietly returning to civilian life. A shocking read from @ViannaDavila @LChurchilll @davis_winkie @renLarson_
- BREAKING: Abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy can resume in Texas, per a temporary restraining order issued by a Harris County judge. A hearing has been set for July 12 to consider a more permanent injunction.
- Replying to @eklibAlluding to the challenges this case will face, District Judge Amy Clark Meachum said the injunction should remain in effect "while this court, and potentially the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Texas" hear this case. Case scheduled for July 11.
- NEW: The Texas Supreme Court has vacated the temporary restraining order that would have allowed Kate Cox to get an abortion in Texas. Cox has already traveled out of state to get an abortion while the TRO was on hold.
- NEW: The TX women facing a wrongful death suit for allegedly helping a friend obtain an abortion are countersuing. They claim the man suing them knew about the abortion and didn’t stop it, instead using it as a tool of abuse/control of his ex-wife. Stork TK @TexasTribune
- NEW: 5th Circuit sides with Texas, says Biden admin overstepped in telling hospitals they were obligated to perform life-saving abortions under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Background: texastribune.org/2023/11/07/tex… Ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
- BREAKING: Wrongful death suit against two Texas women who allegedly helped a friend obtain abortion pills has been DROPPED. The women were sued by their friend’s ex-husband, who was represented by anti-abortion legal crusader Jonathan Mitchell More TK @TexasTribune
