While state court challenges have stalled out, a new federal suit tries to advance the battle between Texas’ abortion laws and blue state shield laws.

A Texas federal judge late Wednesday overturned a Biden administration rule designed to keep prosecutors from getting the medical records of patients seeking legal abortions or gender-affirming ...

A Texas federal judge late Wednesday overturned a Biden administration rule designed to keep prosecutors from getting the medical records of patients seeking legal abortions or gender-affirmin… ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants the courts to go one major step further: In a complaint filed in September, he claims that the original privacy rule HHS created in 2000—the rule that ...

Texas Republicans are rolling ahead with a controversial bill that seeks to further restrict abortion access in the state, while making it impossible for it to be challenged in state courts ...

US judge invalidates Biden rule protecting privacy for abortions. By Daniel Wiessner. June 18, 2025 11:45 PM UTC Updated June 19, 2025 ... U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, ...

As states begin to implement abortion bans and restrictions, criminal cases involving illegal abortions have grabbed headlines, begging the question of what privacy rights women and girls have in ...

Iranian authority mandates pregnant women be reported to prevent 'criminal abortions' Activists say the policy also aims to increase the country's population.

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a rule adopted by the administration of former President Joe Biden that strengthened privacy protections for women seeking abortions and patients who ...