{"id":137377,"date":"2023-03-27T09:54:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=137377"},"modified":"2023-03-27T09:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:54:34","slug":"second-sunday-offering-texas-equal-access-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/second-sunday-offering-texas-equal-access-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Sunday Offering: Texas Equal Access Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div>The mantra for Texas Equal Access is &#8220;fighting together for abortion access is community care&#8221;.\u00a0 Over the past tumultuous year, TEA has shifted from funding abortions in Texas to supporting people seeking care outside of Texas.\u00a0 In addition, they have worked with community partners to gain local protections such as de-prioritization of criminal investigations of pregnancy outcomes.\u00a0 Also, TEA was a plaintiff in a recently decided case that affirms their right to provide financial assistance to Texans seeking an abortion out of state.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>TEA is also committed to pushing for human rights to abortion access by hosting retreats, investing in the community and people who have had abortions by having them poised for advocacy for future legislative sessions.\u00a0 They host rallies, support Pride events, and have their own fundraisers &#8220;to be in community and as radical self care.&#8221;\u00a0 In early March, the Executive Director was on the front page of the American Statesman for TEA&#8217;s promotion of a state bill to require coverage of abortions and contraceptives.\u00a0 TEA is notable for centering race and gender equity in their work, and their commitment to resistance.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mantra for Texas Equal Access is &#8220;fighting together for abortion access is community care&#8221;.\u00a0 Over the past tumultuous year, TEA has shifted from funding abortions in Texas to supporting people seeking care outside of Texas.\u00a0 In addition, they have worked with community partners to gain local protections such as de-prioritization of criminal investigations of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137381,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137377\/revisions\/137381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}