Texas' abortion law led some to get abortion pills in Mexico, with grim consequences
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas' abortion law led some to get abortion pills in Mexico, with grim consequences

NPR  

Texas' abortion law led some to get abortion pills in Mexico, with grim consequences Since Texas passed its anti-abortion law, more and more women have been getting abortion pills at unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns — where they are freely sold without a prescription. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Since Texas passed an anti-abortion law in September, more and more women have been going to unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns to get abortion pills. BURNETT: With Texas' strict anti-abortion law, women in the Rio Grande Valley have had a foretaste of a post-Roe world, but activists have resisted. NANCY CARDENAS PENA: People in red states still deserve access to abortion care, and so we'll continue fighting every single step of the way in areas like the Rio Grande Valley.

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Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War
54 years, 11 months ago

Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Paxton is seeking massive penalties against Carpenter for practicing medicine without a license in the state and violating state abortion laws, but the case got started more simply: A man learned that his partner’s miscarriage was actually an abortion. …

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills
1 week, 3 days ago

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills

Raw Story  

Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor on Friday that he accused of unlawfully providing a Texas woman abortion pills in violation of the conservative state’s strict abortion laws. The state’s three-term Republican attorney general claimed in the lawsuit filed Friday that physician Margaret Daley Carpenter violated a Texas law banning a physician from mailing or …

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills
1 week, 3 days ago

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills

India Today  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the US 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' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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1 week, 3 days 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 week, 4 days 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
3 weeks, 6 days 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 …

Third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors use riskier miscarriage treatments
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors use riskier miscarriage treatments

Raw Story  

Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her. But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was the hospital’s “routine” to give a drug called misoprostol to help the body pass the tissue, …

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
2 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Texas woman’s lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas woman’s lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges were quickly dropped, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton denied a motion by prosecutors …

Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban

Raw Story  

"Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban" 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. The Texas Medical Board on Friday adopted guidance for how doctors should interpret the state’s new abortion laws, reducing paperwork requirements …

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

The Independent  

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Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas Medical Board came less than a month after the state Supreme Court upheld the law that …

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies
6 months, 3 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
6 months, 3 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, …

Texas Supreme Court rules against women who say their lives were endangered by state abortion ban
6 months, 3 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 …

How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner
7 months, 2 weeks 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, 1 week 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 …

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care

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 Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Restricting abortion doesn’t make it less necessary.” Lawyers …

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

Court says Texas can ban emergency life-saving abortions despite federal guidance
11 months, 3 weeks 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,” …

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

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

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

More Texas counties are trying to prevent people from using specific roads to get an abortion
1 year, 1 month ago

More Texas counties are trying to prevent people from using specific roads to get an abortion

Associated Press  

LUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one of the newest ways conservatives are trying to restrict abortion access since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Lubbock County is the largest of four Texas counties that have now adopted a version of …

In Texas, local governments are banning travel aid for abortions
1 year, 2 months ago

In Texas, local governments are banning travel aid for abortions

LA Times  

Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin last year. A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one of the newest strategies conservatives are trying to restrict abortion access since the fall of Roe vs. Wade. Lubbock County is the largest …

Editorial: Mexico decriminalizes abortion while U.S. states want to criminalize it
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: Mexico decriminalizes abortion while U.S. states want to criminalize it

LA Times  

The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice decision decriminalizing abortion last week is a landmark ruling in a country that has historically outlawed the procedure with harsh penalties for the women who sought it and the healthcare professionals who provided it. But if the Supreme Court is true to its own reasoning, that won’t fly In Texas, where abortion is illegal …

Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, but patchwork of state restrictions remains
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico ends federal ban on abortion, but patchwork of state restrictions remains

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Mexican Supreme Court ruling …

Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. After 40 years, the Supreme Court reversed its abortion decision, and we’re not going to stop until Mexico guarantees …

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide

LA Times  

A woman holds a banner that says “Legal, safe, and free abortion” as abortion rights protesters demonstrate in front of Congress in 2020. Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state. Wednesday’s sweeping court decision comes amid a trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on abortion, …

Texas judge temporarily lifts abortion ban for medical emergencies
1 year, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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 women detailed agonising pregnancies after being denied abortions. The state blames doctors
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas women detailed agonising pregnancies after being denied abortions. The state blames doctors

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. In her harrowing testimony in the second day …

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, 5 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 …

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 …

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority
1 year, 8 months ago

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

NPR  

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP Two contradictory court rulings are raising questions not only about the future of the abortion pill mifepristone, but the federal government's authority to approve and regulate drugs in general. "What has happened in this case from the Northern District of …

US: Democrat-ruled states stockpile abortion pills after Texas mifepristone ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

US: Democrat-ruled states stockpile abortion pills after Texas mifepristone ruling

Firstpost  

Democrat-ruled states across the US have started stockpiling abortion pills after a federal judge last week ordered a freeze on the distribution of mifepristone, a medication deemed safe and effective by national regulators more than 20 years ago. Governor Gavin Newsom said California, the most populous state in the US, had secured two million doses of misoprostol, a drug usually …

California stockpiles abortion medication misoprostol after Texas court ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

California stockpiles abortion medication misoprostol after Texas court ruling

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California will stockpile an emergency supply of 2 million abortion pills known as misoprostol in response to a federal judge in Texas ruling against the authorization of another medication that has been used to terminate pregnancies for decades. “I don’t think it’s going to change the hearts and minds on the Supreme Court, but I …

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge revokes FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge revokes FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him

LA Times  

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug combination used in more than half of all U.S. abortions, particularly those conducted early in pregnancy. Kacsmaryk, who has long held antiabortion views, said the FDA “omitted any evaluation of the psychological effects of the drug or an evaluation of the long-term medical consequences of the drug.” The judge — who consistently used the …

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers
1 year, 8 months ago

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic New Mexico Gov. A companion abortion-rights bill signed in March guarantees access to reproductive health care in response to a string of anti-abortion ordinances by cities and counties in eastern New Mexico where opposition to abortion access runs deep. “We want to make sure New Mexico is a state that is safe for women and …

Activists’ network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions
1 year, 8 months ago

Activists’ network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions

Associated Press  

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — Marcela Castro’s office in Chihuahua is more than 100 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, yet the distance doesn’t prevent her from assisting women in the United States in circumventing recently imposed bans on abortion. “We seek what the State has denied us out of prohibition.” Mexican women face a scenario that resembles the U.S., where more than …

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 …

Could a widely used abortion pill be banned across the US?
1 year, 9 months ago

Could a widely used abortion pill be banned across the US?

Firstpost  

A federal judge in Texas will decide whether mifepristone – an abortion pill prescribed with another drug – would continue to be sold in the markets or not. A federal judge in Texas heard the lawsuit on Wednesday that seeks to overturn the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the widely used abortion drug – mifepristone. The lawsuit also …

New Mexico gov. signs bill overriding local abortion bans
1 year, 9 months ago

New Mexico gov. signs bill overriding local abortion bans

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s governor signed an abortion-rights bill Thursday that overrides local ordinances aimed at limiting access to abortion procedures and medications. New Mexico has one of the country’s most liberal abortion access laws, but two counties and three cities in eastern New Mexico have recently adopted abortion restrictions that reflect deep-seated opposition to offering the procedure. …

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US
1 year, 9 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 …

Texas women sued for wrongful death after aiding in abortion
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas women sued for wrongful death after aiding in abortion

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Three women in Texas are being sued for wrongful death by a man who claims they helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion. The woman who took the medication in July — weeks after the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place since 1973 — is not named in …

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