Daily Dispatch 6/13/24: Dumb Ted Cruz IVF Bill Blocked By Dems, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Zurawski v Texas plaintiff Lauren Miller testified before Congress this week: https://x.com/ReproRights/status/1801008213766058022?t=PuKkGeM89NN4au_k_4eMFA&s=03 ...A Ted Cruz-sponsored bill that would have withheld Medicaid funding for entire states over IVF policies has been blocked by Senate Democrats: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/12/ted-cruz-ivf-bill-democrats/ The Fort Worth Botanic Garden has announced that it will NOT host a right-wing extremist seminar announced by the True Texas Project: https://www.facebook.com/FortWorthBotanicGarden ...All of the ideas being promoted by this event have become central to Texas Republican thinking: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/06/12/490389/war-on-white-america-influential-texas-group-hosting-pro-christian-nationalism-conference/ ...All of which are patently ridiculous and counter to fact: https://newsone.com/5300479/texas-white-nationalist-group-conference-war-on-white-america/ The ACLU, as expected, has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its recent move largely shutting down asylum for immigrants: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/politics/aclu-bidens-border-executive-action/index.html ...While a Fort Worth judge has also struck down the Biden administration's extending Title IX protections to LGBTQ+ students: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/bidens-title-ix-protections-lgbtq-students-struck-texas-court-rcna156784 ...In better news, an Travis County judge has dismissed Ken Paxton's lawsuit against the City over its deprioritization of low level marijuana enforcement: https://www.kxan.com/news/travis-county-judge-dismisses-ag-paxton-lawsuit-over-austin-marijuana-ordinance/ Advocacy Associate Tatum Owens reviews our experience in El Paso during the Texas Democratic Convention: https://progresstexas.org/blog/5-progressive-takeaways-2024-texas-democratic-convention ...During which we were excited to meet Brigitte Bandit! https://www.chron.com/politics/article/brigitte-bandit-texas-drag-queen-19507260.php D/FW folks: Come see us at our 14th Anniversary and Election Preview Fundraiser in Dallas on June 25: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/2024anniversary It's Pride Month! Check out the history of Pride and a full calendar of events happening across Texas throughout the month: https://progresstexas.org/blog/deep-heart-pride-celebration-pride-month-texas Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.