Where abortions are banned The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, which eliminates the constitutional protection for abortion and allows states to set their own laws. On Aug. 25, Texas’ trigger law banning abortion took effect. Performing an abortion is now a felony punisha...
The Texas House has long acted as a more moderate guardrail even as lawmakers under Phelan passed some of the nation's toughest restrictions overabortion,immigrationandvoting. But Paxton's impeachment last year in the House over corruption accusations angered conservatives ...
— Kate Cox, a Texas mother forced to leave the state to receive a doctor-recommended abortion because of the state’s reproductive care restrictions. — Jazmin Cazares, a gun violence prevention advocate whose sister was killed in the Uvalde school shooting. — Shawn Fain, the United Auto...
Born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas, Fawcett grew up as a southern belle before moving to Hollywood where she would achieve stardom. She studied at the University of Texas before deciding to pursue a career in acting, setting her sights on the bright lights of Hollywood. ...
Supreme Court Upholds Two Key Abortion Rights; 'Partial Birth' Ban Struck Down, 5-4; Clinic Protest Restrictions Upheld, 6-3 In a US Supreme Court decision two key abortion rights were upheld: the Nebraska law that banned the partial birth abortion procedure was struck down and t... E Wal...
engagement had started through loans and trades with the allies and driven by business interests, these acts banned providing arms and loans to countries involved in war and restricted American travel on belligerent watercraft. The 1937 act furthered these impositions to include civil wars but did ...
Robin Marty, West Alabama Women’s Center Operations Director, and Michelle Goldberg, New York Times Columnist, join Ali Velshi to discuss the dangerous and disturbing realities of abortion bans taking place around the country, particularly in Texas, where confusion ov...
in Virginia, teens in Texas aresharing abortion and sexuality information on Instagram, andteens in Tennesseeare organizing for reproductive rights. At the same time,parents groupsare organizing to take books out of libraries,shut down LGBTQ+ groups in schools, end the school sex ed programs, ...
Born in California and raised in Texas, Ivins attended Smith College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She began her journalism career at the Minneapolis Tribune where she became the first female police reporter at the paper. Ivins joined the Texas Observer in the early ...
in the race to inherit the Trump mantle. The old Abbott garnered support from many Democrats when he ran for state Supreme Court back in the nineties. The Abbott of today hasessentially outlawedabortion whileinstitutingsome of the most draconian voting restrictions in the country anddispatching...