In a separate opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor chastised her colleagues for what she said was "delay" in the case that has had "catastrophic consequences for women seeking to exercise their constitutional right to an abortion in Texas." She said the court's decision closed off the most direct ...
The Texas Supreme Court's rejection of Kate Cox's request has laid bare the high threshold women in many states must meet to get the procedure.
A federal appeals court again allowed most parts of Texas' near-total ban on abortion to continue on Friday, striking down a lower court ruling from less than 24 hours ago that would have allowed some procedures to continue. It's the latest decision in a legal battle over abortion access ...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state's ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect. The court acted Friday, more than a month after hearing arguments over the law that makes abortion illegal after...
A conservative judge in Texas has raised questions about an effort to overturn the decades-old approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country’s most common method to end pregnancies.
with her coming home in her white coat. And I honestly just wanted to be my mom.In 2021, Dani Mathisen was following in her mother's footsteps. on her way to becoming an OB-GYN. She was 25 years old, in her final year of medical school in Texas, married ...
A fetus that is viable outside the womb, at around 24 weeks into the pregnancy, is widely considered the threshold at which abortion can be prohibited in the United States, where the issue remains deeply divisive. Related: 10 Safest States in America The Texas state Senate on Tuesday...
“A pregnant woman does not need a court order to have a lifesaving abortion in Texas,” the ruling read. “Our ruling today does not block a life-saving abortion in this very case if a physician determines that one is needed under the appropriate legal standard, using reasonable medical ...
One possibility is that the court intends to issue a decision before the Mississippi abortion law arguments on Dec. 1. But Perry said she thinks the court could hold off deciding the Texas case until after it hands down its abortion decision, probably in late June. That would leave the Texa...
Texas, with a near-total abortion ban, offered a poignant backdrop for Harris, who like many Democrats across the country has made reproductive rights a principle campaign issue. From the stadium stage in Houston, Harris pitched her message to voters across the countr...