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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Since 2007, teen pregnancy rates have steadily declined thanks to in large part to increased access to
  • birth control and emergency contraception, but In 2022, Texas saw a 1% increase in teen pregnancies.
  • As has been mentioned, Texas has the highest rate of teen pregnancies.
  • And importantly the highest rate of repeat teen pregnancies with more than one in six teenagers who gave
  • , the teens in your life, your neighbors, and your communities.
Summary: The meeting addressed critical health care concerns in Texas, highlighting the consequences of funding cuts on access to reproductive health services. Key speakers emphasized the urgent need for the Care No Matter What Act, which aims to restore funding to healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood. They underscored the alarming statistics of maternal mortality and the rising rates of teen pregnancies, particularly in Black and Latina communities. Testimonies shared during the meeting illustrated the real-life impacts of healthcare access issues on individuals and families across the state, illustrating the necessity for legislative action to ensure comprehensive reproductive health services.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services, February 11, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • specifically against pregnancy centers. specifically against pregnancy centers.
  • <01:08:52.080> Um of a pregnancy center. Um of a pregnancy center.
  • pre pregnancy centers. pre pregnancy centers.
  • Pregnancy Centers Autonomy and Rights. Pregnancy Centers Autonomy and Rights.
  • pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care. pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.
Bills: HB0003, HB0004
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 16, 2026 - PM

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • or dangerous pregnancies or pregnancies in which the fetus is found to have fatal abnormalities or any
  • Pregnancy does not happen in isolation.
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Bills: HB0117, HB0126
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services, February 16, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • centers and had those pregnancy centers and had those pregnancy<00:20:38.880> centers<00:20:39.440
  • I also think it's interesting that there's no mention of forced pregnancy and coerced pregnancy in harmful
  • an unwanted pregnancy are glad they did. an unwanted pregnancy are glad they did. and<01:08:36.960
  • > and<01:09:38.319> deeply Pregnancy is deeply complex and deeply Pregnancy is deeply complex
  • <01:09:54.880> We pregnancy. We understand the risks. We pregnancy.
Bills: HB0117, HB0126
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/23/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pregnancy resource centers make this possible every day through free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, low-cost
  • Fund and support pregnancy resource centers that help promote and grow ...fund and support pregnancy
  • I do work for a pregnancy center here in Arizona.
  • I think it is very obvious that each pregnancy is unique.
  • Each pregnancy is felt uniquely personal to the Each pregnancy is felt uniquely personal to the pregnant
Summary: The committee first took up HB 2211 only for discussion, not a vote. The strike-everything amendment would make it unprofessional conduct for certain health care licensees to submit an independent dispute resolution offer above 300% of Medicare or 300% of the qualified payment amount. The chair said he wanted more stakeholder meetings and broader consensus before moving the bill. Testimony was split: an ARMA representative opposed the measure, arguing it reflected insurer concerns, QPA data lacked transparency, and licensing discipline was the wrong tool for billing disputes; a Blue Cross Blue Shield representative supported it, saying a small number of private equity-backed providers were driving up surprise-billing costs and abusing the No Surprises Act. No action was taken on HB 2211. The committee then considered HB 4028 on accessory dwelling units. The bill would remove the 1,000-square-foot cap as an absolute limit, change setback rules, bar municipalities from requiring an administrative use permit and certain elevation criteria, and extend the deadline for cities to adopt ADU regulations. Rep. Kyle Powell said the bill was meant to give homeowners more flexibility and help address housing shortages. Supporters framed it as a property-rights and housing issue, while opponents from neighborhood and city groups warned it would allow oversized ADUs, increase density, create safety and parking concerns, and weaken local zoning control. After extensive debate, the committee voted 8-9 with one present, and HB 4028 failed. The committee next passed HB 2620, as amended, by a 17-0 vote with one member not voting. The bill appropriates $300,000 per year for five years to the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services for grants to emergency shelters serving veterans. An amendment removed age and non-congregate-setting limits for eligible shelters. Rep. Blackman said the bill was intended to help homeless veterans, and shelter advocate Nathan Smith supported it, saying targeted resources could help veterans exit homelessness and stay housed. The committee then took up HB 2960, which would create a veterans specialty court grant program. The bill was amended to have the Office of the Courts administer the fund and to allow support for expansion of existing veterans courts. Testimony highlighted the success of the Lake Havasu veterans court and the need for more standardized programs and data collection; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on HB 2960.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 25, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • it supports women in making pregnancy it supports women in making pregnancy decisions<00:29:36.000
  • Life Choice Pregnancy Care Center. Life Choice Pregnancy Care Center.
  • This bill also protects a pregnancy center's right to counsel women about all pregnancy-related care,
  • Even the label crisis pregnancy center reflects that framing. Pregnancy is not the crisis.
  • pregnancy center reflects that framing. pregnancy center reflects that framing.
Bills: HB0003, HB0117, HB0041
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 24th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let me tell you, this is very personal to me as a person who had two very complicated pregnancies, one
  • as a teen mother who would have greatly benefited from an advocate in the room during that time.
  • Same thing in pregnancy and postpartum.
  • every enjoyable pregnancy or labor had the same support system.
  • During pregnancy, they can act as an educator, and during postpartum...