After SB8, participants could not consistently use "medical emergency" language to prevent harm to those with pregnancy complications, citing legislative language and institutional guidance as barriers. Abortion bans, regardless of their "exceptions," impair clinicians' ability to prevent medical emergencies.doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2023.1...
this situation would hopefully fall within thevery narrow exceptionsthat Texas law has for necessary abortions after six weeks of gestation. However, exceptions that allow for medical treatment, including abortion when needed for the preservation
The bill, introduced by Republicanstate Sen. Bryan Hughes, still requires that patients have a medical emergency for a physician to perform an abortion but strikes language that it be a life-threatening condition. The bill would also require doctors and lawyers to receive training about the law....
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a clash between a federal emergency care law and Texas' near-total ban on abortion, declining to provide clarity over whether physicians in states with the most restrictive laws must provide abortion care in certain emergency circumstances. The...
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...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation's highest court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect, marking a turning point for abortion opponents who have been fighting to implement stronger restrictions for nearly a decade.
The Texas law banning nearly all abortions in the state took effect this month. It also gives any individual the right to sue doctors who perform an outlawed abortion, as well as anyone who helps a woman get one. The law could have major ramifications for the rest of the United States. ...
Five conservative Supreme Court justices allowed a Texas law effectively banning abortion to stand. The law leaves women seeking abortions with few options. Ben Tracy reports.Sept 3, 2021 Twitter Facebook Email Live Now CBS News 24/7 CBS News Baltimore ...
Abortion providers in Texas say they have seen a sharp drop in patients in the two weeks since the nation’s strictest abortion law took effect.
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.