Datapoint: HB 2 undercut abortion access for Texas women

USA Today covers a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that found the "most commonly reported sexually transmitted [infections] [STIs] reached an all-time high in 2015."

In this clip, NY 1's Natalie Duddridge covers Planned Parenthood's centennial celebration at New York City Hall.

The New York Times spotlightsabortion-rights activism against a proposed abortion ban in Poland.

KUTV/KEYE's Adele Uchida covers a Texas proposal that will require fetal tissue to be buried or cremated.

In this clip, Rabbi Lori Koffman discusses the intersection of her faith and her advocacy work for abortion rights, stating, "I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm a rabbi, I'm a Jew, I'm an American. And all those pieces of me call me to do this work."

KWTV's Grant Hermes covers the opening of a new reproductive health center in Oklahoma City, which previously had been the largest metropolitan area without an abortion clinic.

Deutsche Welle's Carl Nasman spotlights @TwoWomenTravel, a Twitter account documenting the experience of two Irish women who traveled to Great Britain to access abortion care for one of the women.

In this clip, The Nation profiles Leah Torres, an OB-GYN who shares her "career changing, life changing" work as an abortion provider in Utah, a state that imposes several restrictions on abortion care.

In this clip, WKYC's Maureen Kyle covers a recent decision by a federal judge to grant a permanent injunction against an Ohio law (HB 294) that would cut $1.3 million from abortion providers.

In an interview with AOL Build's Emma Gray, Tracy Droz Tragos discusses her new documentary, "Abortion: Stories Women Tell," which shares women's perspectives on abortion care and abortion rights.

In this map, the Center for American Progress' "ThinkProgress" highlights the seven states that direct Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which use misleading tactics to dissuade women from seeking abortion care.

In this map, the Guttmacher Institute spotlights the 18 states that since 2011 have enacted policies that block funding for contraception or other health care services from being allocated to organizations that provide abortion care or are affiliated with abortion providers.

In this infographic, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) outlines data showing that the percentage of Texas women opting for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) through three state-operated health programs increased between 2012 and 2013.

In this map, the Population Institute illustrates how many of the states at risk of the Zika virus scored poorly on measures of reproductive rights and health.

In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute spotlights the increased proportion of insured visits at 28 Title-X supported family planning centers following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (PL 111-148).

In this infographic, the Texas Observer compiled information from the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Policy Evaluation Project and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide a snapshot of abortion access in Texas.

In this map, the Guttmacher Institute highlights the effects of the Hyde Amendment, an appropriations rider that bars federal Medicaid funding from covering abortion care except in the limited cases of rape, incest and life endangerment.

In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute tracks recent trends in state abortion laws.

In this map, the Kaiser Family Foundation spotlights five states and Washington, D.C., which have each enacted policies designed to facilitate access to contraception.

In this gif, Cosmopolitan shares research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project showing that the average distance a woman in Texas must drive to access the nearest abortion clinic in the state has increased following the implementation of the state's omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2).

— Marcela Howell of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, discussing ongoing disparities in women's access to abortion care on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

— Abortion provider Warren Hern, in a STAT News opinion piece on why he continues to offer abortion care despite receiving harassment and death threats throughout his 42-year career.

— Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld major portions of a Texas antiabortion-rights law.