After a late-night session in the Texas Statehouse Friday night, the Senate passed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country. The bill could be signed by Republican Gov. Rick Perry as early as next week, NBC News' Charles Hadlock said Saturday. If signed into law, the le...
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the ...
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
FILE - In this March 30, 2021 file photo, anti-abortion rights demonstrators gather in the rotunda at the Capitol while the Senate debated anti-abortion bills in Austin, Texas. The nation's highest court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect, marking a tur...
FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, anti-abortion rights demonstrators gather in the rotunda at the Capitol while the Senate debated anti-abortion bills in Austin, Texas. Young people on social media have found a way to protest Texas’ new law banning most abortions by focusing on...
And while a number of red states have passed similar bills in recent years, Texas is doing things differently. How so? It’s giving private citizens –not state officials – the power to enforce the abortion ban. Meaning: people can sue abortion providers, friends, and family members who th...
(texas already has among the highest number of abortion deserts—or cities where a patient must travel more than 100 miles for care—in the country.) as with most anti-abortion laws, it will disproportionately affect black, latinx, and lower-income patients, given the time and resources ...
Lawmakers in at least three states — Missouri, New Hampshire and Tennessee — have introduced bills for next year that would bar or restrict use of the pills. “I began to think about how we might be able to both provide an additional deterrent to companies violating the c...
The bills for the two appointments before the actual procedure, which are very pricey, have to be paid in full before undergoing the abortion process. The problem with this is that Texas does not provide any financial support for any abortion procedures and due to Texas banning all local ...
Opponents of the bill say the new requirements are unnecessary and would force most Texas abortion clinics to close. Supporters of the bills say they want to reduce access to abortion and improve women's health care. Texas health officials report that 72,240 abortions performed in the state in...