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In Texas, where strict laws ban abortion with limited exceptions, women are struggling to find quality reproductive health care. Some doctors say the state law is dangerously vague.
SB 1880 would let individuals sue organizations that ship abortion medication like mifepristone or misoprostol to people in Texas for up to $100,000. The state passed a law in 2022 banning almost ...
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 ...
The proposed law, which aims to clarify abortion exceptions during medical emergencies, was supposed to be a rare win. But in the Texas Legislature, nothing is easy.
Texas Came Way Too Close to Passing Bill Making It Harder to Challenge Anti-Abortion Laws in Court "You have to [be] writing a bill that you’re pretty darn sure is unconstitutional to not want ...
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, despit… ...
Sarah Stogner had never tried a criminal case before getting elected D.A. in an oil-rich area half the size of New Jersey. So far, it’s been a struggle.
Texas' ban prohibits nearly all abortions, except to save the life of the mother, and doctors can be fined up to $100,000 and face up to 99 years in prison if convicted of performing an abortion ...
Texas cities will be banned from using taxpayer dollars to fund out-of-state abortion travel under a bill that the Legislature sent to the governor Thursday. Senate Bill 33, authored by Republican ...
An 18-year-old kayaking on Grapevine Lake in Texas over Memorial Day weekend was killed after being struck by a jet ski, whose driver fled the scene, police said.
A Texas church volunteer was found guilty of molesting her son's then 13-year-old friend for more than a year. She's been sentenced to five years in prison.
That the Texas Senate passed a bill to crack down on abortion pills isn’t surprising. But the protections written into this bill, which says the law cannot be challenged as unconstitutional in ...