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Texas Democrats believe in the fundamental American values of freedom, privacy and personal responsibility. We believe in the right to make sound, responsible personal healthcare choices for ourselves and our families.
Texas Democrats:
- trust the women of Texas to make personal and responsible decisions about when and whether to bear children, in consultation with their family, their physician, personal conscience or their God, rather than having these personal decisions made by politicians;
- support prevention measures which have proven effective at reducing unintended pregnancies, and which would reduce the rate of abortion when made affordable, accessible, and available as effective long-term programs. These programs include family planning and birth control, including emergency contraception free from judgment or pressure;
- support using sound, mainstream medical science to guide reproductive health care policies;
- support targeted efforts to reduce Texas’ high teen pregnancy rates, including the provision of accurate and effective, comprehensive age-appropriate sex education programs with an abstinence component, to reduce the rate of abortion;
- support resources for pregnant and parenting teens while encouraging them to continue their education and career development;
- support family planning funding for pregnancy prevention and preventive health care in regulated, licensed medical facilities, rather than biased and non-medical activities;
- support women’s access to affordable pre-natal care, including pregnancy insurance and pre-natal vitamins to support healthy pregnancies;
- support paid maternity and/or paternity leave to support healthy families;
- support women’s access to accurate information about adoption and related resources;
- support affordable, quality child-care to support and keep healthy families intact;
- promote policies that value Texas families and their children throughout their lives; and
- support policies for women that promote keeping families healthy and intact through preventative gynecological health care that is crucial to the health of women in caring for their families.
