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Nancy Cardenas

Associate director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

Nancy Cardenas is the Texas LAN Associate Director for State Policy and Advocacy at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. She focuses on the protection of reproductive health and rights of Latinas, specifically the Rio Grande Valley, and the Texas state policy agenda recognizing the intersection of immigration and reproductive health care.

Latest Columns

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Jane Doe vs. Donald Trump: A young woman fights for her rights

By Nancy Cardenas, Oct. 20, 2017

Jane Doe is an unaccompanied minor, which means she came to the U.S. before turning 18 and without her parents. She is currently being detained, as is often the case with unaccompanied immigrant youth, in a government-funded shelter she is not permitted to leave. And federal officials, emboldened and empowered by the Trump administration, are doing everything in their power—legal or not—to stop her from getting an abortion.

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Texas' fetal remains rule only shames women

By Nancy Cardenas, Dec. 13, 2016

The fetal remains rule move places an additional barrier on women who seek to exercise their constitutional right and represents another attempt to shame and restrict access to abortion care.