As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges
2 years, 6 months ago

As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges

NPR  

As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights opponents in state governments quickly moved to ban the procedure, while abortion rights supporters quickly challenged the bans in court. Sponsor Message That's because the law incentivizes citizens with a cash "bounty" if they succeed in suing anyone who has helped a person get an illegal abortion. Texas Right to Life, which is the state's largest anti-abortion group, set up a "whistleblower" website that allows people to send anonymous tips about suspected violators of the law. Indeed, SB 8 is only one of multiple laws restricting abortion in Texas, including a ban dating to 1925 and a 2021 "trigger" law set to be enforced later this summer.

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Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture

Associated Press  

Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. “Abortion bans don’t actually …

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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1 month ago

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine

Huff Post  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws …

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills
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1 month ago

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills

NPR  

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills toggle caption David Erickson/AP Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Sponsor Message …

Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report

Salon  

A Texas committee that is meant to review pregnancy-related deaths in the state won’t review cases from 2022 and 2023, the Washington Post reported. Related How abortion funds are preparing for another Trump presidency According to the report, Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee members said in September the change was made to “be more contemporary.” The move has …

Harris to Campaign in Texas to Highlight State's Abortion Ban
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris to Campaign in Texas to Highlight State's Abortion Ban

Associated Press  

Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight the state's restrictive abortion laws. She will visit Houston to tell a story about Donald Trump's role in eliminating Roe v. Wade, what that's meant for people in a state like Texas, and the stakes — if you live in a state currently without an abortion ban — that could …

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

LA Times  

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. The justices did not detail their reasoning for …

Column: As 10 states prepare to vote on abortion rights, Texas shows that abortion bans kill women
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: As 10 states prepare to vote on abortion rights, Texas shows that abortion bans kill women

LA Times  

Rob Bonta, left, at a news conference Monday with Anna Nusslock, who says she was illegally denied an emergency abortion at a Catholic hospital in Eureka this year. — Nancy L. Cohen, president, Gender Equity Policy Institute There can no longer be any doubt that the abortion bans enacted in more than 20 states threaten women’s health. The bellwether state …

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
4 months, 1 week ago

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal. The rule essentially prohibits state or local officials from gathering medical records related to reproductive health care for a civil, criminal or …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
5 months, 1 week ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

CNN  

CNN — The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow the state’s ban on nearly all gender-affirming care for minors to remain in effect. LGBTQ advocacy groups slammed the ruling Friday, with Lambda Legal — one of the parties involved in the original lawsuit against the bill — saying, “It is impossible to overstate the devastating impact of this ruling.” …

Infant deaths spiked 13% in Texas following law restricting abortion, study finds
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Infant deaths spiked 13% in Texas following law restricting abortion, study finds

Salon  

A restrictive abortion law in Texas has been linked to in a sharp uptick in infant mortality that other states did not experience, a new study has found. Pediatric heath researchers from John Hopkins University report the number of newborn babies dying in Texas has increased by approximately 13% since the state's near-total abortion ban went into effect, according to …

Texas reports five abortions a month - down from 4,400 before Roe overturned in 2022
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas reports five abortions a month - down from 4,400 before Roe overturned in 2022

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of abortions in Texas has plunged from several …

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Texas Supreme Court justices then overturned …

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The court said the law’s exceptions, as written, …

Texas Supreme Court rules against women who say their lives were endangered by state abortion ban
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rules against women who say their lives were endangered by state abortion ban

Salon  

All nine Republican justices of the Texas Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state's strict abortion ban on Friday that was brought by a group of women who said their lives were put at risk when they suffered serious pregnancy complications and could not access the necessary medical care. They claimed this happened because the state's abortion law isn’t …

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions

LA Times  

Amanda Zurawski had been told that she had a condition that meant her fetus would not survive. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications. The unanimous ruling from the court, whose nine justices are all elected Republicans, …

How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner
8 months, 1 week ago

How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man is petitioning a court to authorize an obscure legal action to find out who allegedly helped his former partner obtain an out-of-state abortion, setting up the latest test of the reach of statewide abortion bans. As some states work to expand abortion access and others impose more limits following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning …

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

Raw Story  

"Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas, meanwhile, has sued the Biden administration, saying it's using EMTALA as an end-run around state abortion bans to “mandate that …

Texas medical panel won’t provide list of exceptions to abortion ban
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas medical panel won’t provide list of exceptions to abortion ban

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A Texas medical panel on Friday rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state. The board’s proposed guidelines on exceptions to Texas’ ban on abortion from the moment of fertilization, issued …

Texas Abortion Bans & Gun Laws Fuel Deadly War On Women
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Abortion Bans & Gun Laws Fuel Deadly War On Women

Huff Post  

Gabriela Gonzalez had been dating her abusive boyfriend, Harold Thompson, for four months in the spring of 2023 when she got pregnant. HuffPost spoke with a dozen people working in advocacy services in the state ― ranging from abortion funds and family attorneys, to shelter directors and hotline staff ― who believe that the state’s abortion bans coupled with its …

More women join challenge to Tennessee’s abortion ban law
1 year ago

More women join challenge to Tennessee’s abortion ban law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. MORE WOMEN JOIN TENNESSEE’S SUIT On Monday, four more women joined the legal battle in Tennessee that first was filed in September— bringing the total of plaintiffs …

Court says Texas can ban emergency life-saving abortions despite federal guidance
1 year ago

Court says Texas can ban emergency life-saving abortions despite federal guidance

Salon  

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. “When a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the life of the pregnant person — or draws the exception more narrowly than EMTALA’s emergency medical condition definition — that state law is preempted,” …

In Texas case, federal appeals panel says emergency care abortions not required by 1986 law
1 year ago

In Texas case, federal appeals panel says emergency care abortions not required by 1986 law

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require hospitals in Texas hospitals to provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The administration issued guidance that year saying hospitals “must” provide abortion services if there’s a risk to the mother’s life, citing the …

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
1 year ago

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

LA Times  

Kaitlyn Kash and husband Cory Kash sit at home with their 4-month-old daughter in Austin, Texas. “We have black and white laws on something that is almost always multiple shades of gray,” said Kaitlyn Kash, one of 20 Texas women denied abortion who are suing the state seeking clarification of the laws — one of a handful of similar lawsuits …

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
1 year ago

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

Associated Press  

Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. “We have black and white laws on something that is almost always multiple shades of gray,” said Kaitlyn Kash, one of 20 Texas women denied abortion who are suing …

'Outrageous': Biden on woman forced to leave Texas for abortion
1 year, 1 month ago

'Outrageous': Biden on woman forced to leave Texas for abortion

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy. On Monday Cox left the state to seek an emergency abortion -- and hours later the Texas Supreme Court issued an order siding with the government and …

Opinion: A Texas case shows how cruel and illusory the latest abortion-ban exceptions can be
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: A Texas case shows how cruel and illusory the latest abortion-ban exceptions can be

LA Times  

Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis, had to leave her home state of Texas in order to obtain an abortion. A historic drama playing out in Texas ended Tuesday when the Texas Supreme Court held that Kate Cox, a woman 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus with trisomy 18, an almost always fatal abnormality, could not legally end …

What to know about abortion lawsuits being heard in US courts this week
1 year, 1 month ago

What to know about abortion lawsuits being heard in US courts this week

Associated Press  

The Texas Supreme Court received a lot of attention this week when it rejected a woman’s request for an immediate abortion there due to harrowing pregnancy complications. On Monday, the Texas Supreme Court denied the request, saying she didn’t qualify for the exceptions to the abortion bans in state law. OHIO PROVIDERS CALL FOR BAN TO BE STRUCK DOWN AFTER …

Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to get an abortion elsewhere before the state Supreme Court on Monday rejected her unprecedented challenge of one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, had spent nearly a week seeking court permission in Texas to …

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ziegler is the Martin Luther King Jr. But given the popularity of abortion rights — and the obvious tragedy faced by women like Cox — why are states like Texas fighting so hard to defend their narrow exceptions? Conceding that a woman like Cox is right could threaten to send much else about criminal abortion laws toppling …

Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from having an emergency abortion
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from having an emergency abortion

ABC  

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion shortly after the state's attorney general requested the block. Key points: The woman's fetus was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality that usually results in miscarriage, stillbirth or death soon after birth The Texas Supreme Court halted a lower court ruling for the abortion after a …

A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion
1 year, 1 month ago

A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky’s near-total prohibition of …

Texas court allows first abortion since ban
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas court allows first abortion since ban

ABC  

A Texas judge has ruled that a woman with a complicated, likely non-viable pregnancy can get an abortion, in what her lawyers say is the first such case since the US Supreme Court last year allowed states to ban abortion. Key points: The state's abortion ban includes only a narrow exception on health grounds The ruling does not expand abortion …

Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban

LA Times  

A Texas judge Thursday granted a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis permission to obtain an abortion — an unprecedented challenge over bans enacted in more than a dozen states since Roe vs. Wade was overturned. State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, a Democrat, said she would grant a temporary restraining order that would allow Cox to have …

A pregnant Texas woman is asking a court to let her have an abortion under exceptions to state's ban
1 year, 1 month ago

A pregnant Texas woman is asking a court to let her have an abortion under exceptions to state's ban

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday to let her have an abortion, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. Although Texas allows exceptions, doctors and women have argued in court this year that …

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health. The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Dr. Austin Dennard …

Texas county makes it illegal to transport women across state lines for abortions
1 year, 2 months ago

Texas county makes it illegal to transport women across state lines for abortions

The Telegraph  

A Texas county has passed a law outlawing transporting women across state lines to have an abortion. The proposed Amarillo ban would apply to all roads which run through the city of 200,000 leading to New Mexico and Colorado, another state where abortion remains legal. “We see this as a prohibition on abortion trafficking.” Pro-life and anti-abortion battleground Travel bans …

Texas judge temporarily lifts abortion ban for medical emergencies
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas judge temporarily lifts abortion ban for medical emergencies

The Hindu  

A court in Texas on Friday issued a temporary order siding with a group of women and doctors who brought a lawsuit challenging the state's abortion bans. The case, which was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, argues that the way medical exceptions are defined in Texas' laws is confusing, stoking fear among doctors and causing a "health crisis." …

Texas judge sides with women after harrowing testimony over anti-abortion law
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas judge sides with women after harrowing testimony over anti-abortion law

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We’re back to relying on doctors and not …

A judge has ruled Texas’ abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications
1 year, 5 months ago

A judge has ruled Texas’ abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge ruled Friday the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. State District Judge Jessica Mangrum’s ruling granted a temporary injunction that prevents Texas from enforcing the ban against physicians who in their “good faith judgment” end …

A judge has ruled Texas’ abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications
1 year, 5 months ago

A judge has ruled Texas’ abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications

LA Times  

Amanda Zurawski, who developed sepsis and nearly died after being refused an abortion when her water broke at 18 weeks, left, and Samantha Casiano, who was forced to carry a nonviable pregnancy to term and give birth to a baby who died four hours after birth, center, stand with their attorney Molly Duane outside the Travis County Courthouse on July …

Texas abortion bans are back in place after state appeals judge's order
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas abortion bans are back in place after state appeals judge's order

NPR  

Texas abortion bans are back in place after state appeals judge's order Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR Sarah McCammon/NPR The Texas attorney general's office has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court, effectively blocking a judge's hours-old order that temporarily lifted a ban on emergency abortions. In her ruling, Travis County District Judge Jessica Mangrum wrote that …

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas women who were denied abortions testified in a court Wednesday of carrying babies they knew would not survive and continuing pregnancies that put their health in worsening danger. “I survived sepsis and I don’t think today was much less traumatic than that,” said Amanda Zurawksi, one …

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law

LA Times  

Amanda Zurawski, one of the plaintiffs suing Texas, speaks in front of the state Capitol in Austin. For the first time since Roe vs. Wade was overturned, Texas women who were denied abortions testified in court of carrying babies they knew would not survive and continuing pregnancies that put their health in worsening danger. “I survived sepsis, and I don’t …

Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law
1 year, 6 months ago

Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law

Raw Story  

Close to 10,000 additional babies were born over a nine-month period after Texas banned most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, a new analysis from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows. “Although our study doesn’t detail why these extra births occurred, our findings strongly suggest that a considerable number of pregnant individuals in Texas were unable to …

Oklahoma high court strikes down 2 abortion bans; procedure remains illegal in most cases
1 year, 7 months ago

Oklahoma high court strikes down 2 abortion bans; procedure remains illegal in most cases

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in nearly all cases except life-threatening situations. The court said this language conflicts with a previous ruling it issued in March that determined the Oklahoma Constitution provides an “inherent right of a pregnant woman …

More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law
1 year, 7 months ago

More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. All of the women were told they could not end their pregnancies in Texas, a state that has enacted some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws. Now, they’re asking a Texas court to …

Texas abortion law: the new unintended crisis that could explode in the state.
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas abortion law: the new unintended crisis that could explode in the state.

Slate  

For three days last fall, Leah Wilson entered her pregnant patient’s hospital room and checked the fetus for a heartbeat. “These are things that I haven’t seen in, you know, 20 years of practicing OB, 14 years of practicing high-risk OB—I’ve never run into these situations where people are wondering what to do.” The inability to provide what they say …

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US

Al Jazeera  

Anti-abortion groups are pushing to revoke or suspend approval of pill used in more than half of all US abortions. US federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative appointee of former President Donald Trump, has yet to issue a ruling after more than four hours of argument over whether to ban mifepristone, an abortion pill approved by the Food and Drug …

US vice president voices support for Texas abortion lawsuit
1 year, 10 months ago

US vice president voices support for Texas abortion lawsuit

Al Jazeera  

Five Texas women have filed a lawsuit against the state alleging its abortion bans have led to a ‘healthcare crisis’. The administration of United States President Joe Biden has spoken out in support of a recently filed lawsuit against Texas’s abortion ban, led by five women who were denied reproductive healthcare in the state. “Amanda was told that, under Texas’s …

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