Elena Rivera

A data breach has compromised the information of more than 2,000 UT Southwestern Medical Center patients. The Texas Attorney General's Office reported information about the breach on March 7.

LGBTQ+ activists protest against Senate bill 14 at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Sabra Barker Brown bags up diapers and wipes for Diana Dorr and her 7-month-old daughter, Shayahu Ellis, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Delighted to Doula in Dallas.

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FILE - An operating room technician performs an ultrasound on a patient at an abortion clinic in Shreveport, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The abortion bans taking effect after the nation's highest court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 vary greatly in how they define when a pregnancy can be ended. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson)

A receptionist looks over paperwork in a waiting area Friday, July 7, 2023, at LBU Community Clinic.

More than 2 million Texans, mostly children, have lost health insurance as the state has redetermined their eligibility for Medicaid coverage.

More than 2 million Texans have lost Medicaid coverage since continuous enrollment ended last April, according to the latest data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

FILE - A 33-year-old mother of three from central Texas is escorted down the hall by clinic administrator Kathaleen Pittman prior to getting an abortion, Oct. 9, 2021, at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La. Reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new abortion clinics or expand the capacity of existing ones in states without restrictive abortion laws. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)