The U.S. Supreme Court will not decide a dispute over emergency abortions in Texas. The justices declined to take up the case challenging a lower court order that says hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations.Oct 8, 2024 ...
Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks emergency abortion ruling The Texas Supreme Court has stepped in to stop Kate Cox, a mother of two, from having an abortion, though doctors say her fetus is not a viable and carrying it to term could threaten her life....
Abortion bans, regardless of their "exceptions," impair clinicians' ability to prevent medical emergencies.doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110213W AreyUniversity of Texas, Austin, TX, USElsevier Inc.Contraception
A Texas mother of two’s legal fight for a medical exception to the state’s near total abortion ban is on hold after A.G. Ken Paxton challenged a lower court ruling in her favor. NBC Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett joins Ana Cabrera to discuss
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a court order blocking the Biden administration from enforcing in Texas its policy of requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care or risk losing federal funding. The justices rejected a Justice Department request that they wipe away the lower-cour...
In response to the Biden administration's warning, Texasfiled a lawsuitseeking to block the guidance, arguing it is unlawful and would force doctors and hospitals to commit crimes under state law. Abortion is banned in Texas under the state's trigger law, which took effect in the wake of th...
Still, abortion regulations around the country are murky. Professor Elizabeth Sepper, of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, said that “in every other state with an abortion ban, confusion will continue to reign.” “Even where states have ‘health’ exceptions in their...
Still, abortion regulations around the country are murky. Professor Elizabeth Sepper, of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, said that “in every other state with an abortion ban, confusion will continue to reign.” “Even where states have ‘health’ exceptions in their laws, ...
Kate Cox, the Texas woman who needed an abortion to save her life, and the Kentucky woman who has a dead fetus in her womb are clear cases of medical emergencies that went untreated due to their states’ abortion bans. Freelance journalist and abortion advocate Danielle Campoamor...
On Friday, Dec 8, the Texas Supreme Court put a temporary hold on Judge Gamble’s ruling, pending review. Now that Cox has left the state for an abortion, the case may be moot. A need for clarity There are currently three overlapping abortion bans in Texas. Abortion is illegal in...