Senate Bill, Texas House and state abortion
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Senate Bill 31 comes after reporting found that confusion surrounding Texas’ abortion ban had resulted in the deaths of at least two women. The bill needs one more procedural vote before it heads to the governor’s desk.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three years ago, Dr. Austin Dennard left Texas for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. She later testified in a lawsuit how the state's near-total ban on abortion put her health at risk.
In 2021, when Texas passed an abortion ban enforced through private lawsuits, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sarcastically derided the architects of the law as “some geniuses” who’d ...
A California woman has pleaded guilty to threatening to injure a federal judge in Texas and warning him to "watch his back" after he suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in 2023.
The Texas Legislature is following this playbook when it comes to abortion. With the Senate’s recent passage of SB 2880, the “Women and Child Protection Act,” the desperation of Texas ...
Nearly four years ago in Texas, the state’s new abortion law started getting in the way of basic miscarriage care: As women waited in hospitals cramping, fluid running down their legs ...