voters in 10 states will decide on measures that would add abortion rights to their state constitutions.To understand the impact of the changing legal landscape and its complexities, we went to the first state to change
Supreme Court justices are hearing two challenges to Texas' new near-total abortion ban. Professor Josh Blackman from South Texas College of Law shares how their focus is on how the law is enforced, not actually on abortion rights. WASHINGTON-A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Monday the...
Instead of relying on the government to enforce the law, private citizens are able to sue any organization, or even any individual, that has helped anyone to get an abortion, whether they know them personally or not. It also blocks abortion providers from suing the state, as they have ...
Texas Lawmakers Approve Abortion Ban as Early as 6 Weeks More By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would ban abortions after as early as six weeks — before many women even know they are pregnant — and allow private citizens to enforce the rule through civi...
In 2022, Texas enacted another, more restrictive law, banning all abortion from conception, except when the mother's life was in immediate danger. The prospect of facing prosecution has created such fear that today, most Texas hospitals require physicians to consult with staff attorneys when they...
Both advocates and opponents of Texas’ six-week abortion ban were holding their breath up to a midnight deadline on Wednesday, waiting to see if the Supreme Court would act to block what would be the most restrictive abortion law since Roe v. Wade. But there was no intervention from the...
When Texas Republicans approved a six-week abortion ban two years ago, it was obvious that the policy would have a dramatic effect on reproductive rights across the Lone Star State. It was also obvious that the ban would create important legal fights. ...
Some social media posts are using the criminal sentencing of a man in Texas to criticize the state’s strict abortion law
Top Republicans in other states say they are examining how the Texas law’s unique “private right of action” enforcement structure could be used for similar abortion bans.
SCOTUS Declines to Block Texas Abortion Law More J. Scott Applewhite|AP-File The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, June 30, 2021. The Supreme Court late Wednesday denied an emergency request to block Texas' ban on abortions performed after six weeks of pregnancy, upholding for now one of...