Ashley Lopez
Senior Reporter, Health Care and PoliticsAshley Lopez joined KUT in January 2016. She covers politics and health care, and is part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News reporting collaborative. Previously she worked as a reporter at public radio stations in Louisville, Ky.; Miami and Fort Myers, Fla., where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
Ashley was also part of NPR’s Political Reporting Partnership during the 2016 presidential election. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Federal officials argue Senate Bill 8 defies the legal precedent set by Roe v. Wade. The law is the most restrictive abortion ban in the country. -
People who serve survivors of rape and incest say a six-week limit on abortions is unrealistic and emotionally harmful.
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The most restrictive abortion law in the country is back in effect in Texas, after a temporary block was lifted.
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If the federal appeals court throws out the temporary block of Texas' abortion law, providers could be sued retroactively.
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Juez federal bloquea temporalmente la prohibición de abortos en Texas tras seis semanas de gestaciónEl Departamento de Justicia demandó al estado el mes pasado, argumentando que la nueva ley viola los derechos constitucionales de los tejanos.
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The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state last month, claiming its new law violates the constitutional rights of Texans.
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Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol on Saturday in response to Texas' new law banning abortions as early as six weeks. It's the most restrictive ban in the country and one advocates say violates the constitutional rights of Texans.
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The court provided little explanation when it refused to intervene in the case. Abortion rights advocates say the justices have allowed Texas to skirt the constitutional rights of its citizens.
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Las personas negras, hispanas y asiáticas representaron la mayoría del masivo crecimiento poblacional en el estado esta última década — y algunos grupos dicen que los nuevo mapas políticos deberían reflejar esto.
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A lot of people who got COVID still have symptoms months after the infection is gone. A team at UT Austin's Dell Medical School wants to figure out why and how to help.
