The Texas State Senate passed a bill Monday night that will make it near-impossible for teenagers to obtain legal abortions without parental consent. The bill dismantled the judicial bypass process, which once gave Texas teens a viable option to get an abortion when their parent or legal guardian either refused to…

A series of truly terrible legislative efforts in Texas are targeting women, gay adults, and gay children. Like, even more than usual. Really, notably, unusually bad, even for a state that prides itself on extreme levels of this sort of badness.