Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding
1 year, 1 month ago

Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure. Earlier this year, Tennessee was disqualified from receiving millions of federal dollars offered through a family planning program known as Title X. Tennessee has been a recipient of the program since it launched in 1970, recently collecting around $7.1 million annually to help nearly 100 clinics provide birth control and basic health care services mainly to low-income women, many of them from minority communities. The state defended its policy and refused to back down, causing the federal government to declare in a March 20 letter that continuing Tennessee’s Title X money was “not in the best interest of the government.” The state later appealed the decision and that appeal is ongoing. Bill Lee has called the move “wrong on many levels” and accused the federal government of withholding federal money from families in order to support a “radical political organization.” Skrmetti’s office is asking a federal judge to reinstate Tennessee’s Title X money and to rule that HHS can’t withhold funds based on a state’s abortion ban, arguing that the federal appeals process over the issues has stalled.

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A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
3 days, 2 hours ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press  

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"
2 weeks ago

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

Salon  

The Supreme Court last week appeared likely to support a contentious Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral argument in one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights in the nation's history. "We think it would be sufficient for the Court to recognize that a law that on its face says you …

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Associated Press  

Follow live updates and analysis on the Supreme Court’s hearing on a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers …

Conservatives appear skeptical of challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Conservatives appear skeptical of challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors

Politico  

Opponents of the Tennessee law framed their arguments around Gorsuch’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, contending that denying certain medicines to adolescents based on their sex amounted to discrimination and required strong justification from state officials. With the court’s three liberals all appearing to support the plaintiffs challenging the Tennessee law, Gorsuch’s vote alone would not be enough …

Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona to overturn 15-week abortion ban
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona to overturn 15-week abortion ban

India Today  

Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a constitutional amendment recently approved by voters to expand access to foetal viability. “And so that’s really what this 15-week ban challenge is.” Arizona was one of five states where voters approved ballot measures in the 2024 general election to add the right to …

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
3 weeks, 3 days ago

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. “The stakes are high, of course, for transgender adolescents, but also for the parents who are watching their children suffer, who are just trying to do right by …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
2 months ago

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

The Independent  

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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 …

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional

Raw Story  

Abortion rights advocates are cheering Monday’s court ruling that brought back expanded services in Georgia, even as they brace for the likelihood that further judicial action could make it short-lived. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional comes just weeks before early voting starts in Georgia, including for state legislative races and …

Federal judge temporarily blocks Tennessee’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law
3 months ago

Federal judge temporarily blocks Tennessee’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law

LA Times  

A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission. “The Tennessee General Assembly apparently determined that, when the topic at hand is ‘abortion trafficking,’ the best interests of the pregnant child are not merely a secondary consideration, but unworthy of particularized consideration at all,” Trauger wrote. The …

Missouri Supreme Court restores abortion rights ballot initiative
3 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Supreme Court restores abortion rights ballot initiative

Raw Story  

Reproductive freedom defenders on Tuesday cheered the Missouri Supreme Court's restoration of an abortion rights referendum—one of numerous 2024 ballot initiatives seeking to codify access to the healthcare procedure in states from coast to coast. Missouri's highest court overturned Cole County Judge Christopher Limbaugh's ruling removing Amendment 3—also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom initiative—from the November 5 ballot. …

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 …

Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration

New York Times  

Roe v. Wade and its successor, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, affirmed a constitutional right to abortion until the fetus can survive outside the womb. Mr. Biden wants to enshrine that right in federal law now that the Supreme Court has overturned it. “Give me a Democratic House of Representatives and a bigger Democratic Senate, and we will pass a new …

Tennessee governor OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee governor OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, proposals that are both likely to face immediate legal challenges when they go into effect later this year. Lee’s actions mean Tennessee will soon become just the second state in the nation to enact legislation …

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion
7 months, 4 weeks ago

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion

LA Times  

An exam room is seen inside a Planned Parenthood. Republican attorneys general from 17 states have filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortions. Republican attorneys general from 17 states have filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of …

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion
7 months, 4 weeks ago

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion

Associated Press  

— Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law. The lawsuit led by Tennessee and Arkansas comes since finalized federal regulations were published April 15 to provide guidance for employers and workers on …

Tennessee lawmakers OK bill penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Tennessee lawmakers OK bill penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday gave their final approval to legislation penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, clearing the way for the first-in-the-nation proposal to be sent to Gov. “At the end of the day, parents should have final say what medical procedures their children are receiving, and nobody else.” The Human …

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case
7 months, 4 weeks ago

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

Associated Press  

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. Meanwhile, Arizona lawmakers took a step toward repealing a near-total ban before enforcement can begin; California’s governor pitched providing an outlet to abortion providers and patients from …

Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a proposal that is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Last year, Idaho became the first state to enact the so-called “ abortion trafficking ” law, but a federal …

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Associated Press  

Follow the AP’s live coverage of arguments in the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The Biden administration says abortion care must be allowed in those …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 1 week ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press  

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

Tennessee Senate OKs a bill that would make it illegal for adults to help minors seeking abortions
8 months, 1 week ago

Tennessee Senate OKs a bill that would make it illegal for adults to help minors seeking abortions

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee on Wednesday advanced legislation making it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, sparking objections from Democrats who counter that doing so could result in young victims needing approval from their parents who may have raped them in order to terminate the pregnancies. The first-of-its-kind measure made it …

Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban alleged Thursday that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies. “And that’s not been how things have worked in the abortion context.” The Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the …

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies

The Independent  

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Missouri high court says Planned Parenthood can receive funding; cites failed appeal by state
10 months, 1 week ago

Missouri high court says Planned Parenthood can receive funding; cites failed appeal by state

Associated Press  

— The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, citing a failure in the state’s legal appeal. Planned Parenthood said in a statement that the court had reaffirmed patients’ rights to receive its services for such things as cancer screenings and birth control. “Over and …

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution
11 months ago

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge ruled Tuesday that he won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution if they perform an abortion to save a patient’s life or health. The request asked the judge to bar the state from enforcing the law against physicians who use their “good-faith medical …

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

An abortion ban enacted in 1864 is under review in the Arizona Supreme Court
1 year ago

An abortion ban enacted in 1864 is under review in the Arizona Supreme Court

Associated Press  

The Arizona Supreme Court grilled lawyers Tuesday over whether a pre-statehood ban on nearly all abortions has been limited or made moot by other statutes enacted over the past 50 years. Attorneys representing Dr. Eric Hazelrigg, the medical director of anti-abortion counseling centers in metro Phoenix who appealed the decision, had argued the Court of Appeals incorrectly concluded that the …

ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Block Tennessee Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth
1 year, 1 month ago

ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Block Tennessee Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. However, the ACLU, medical providers and families of transgender youth in the state say that the law has already affected patients who began gender-affirming care prior to the enforcement of …

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care
1 year, 1 month ago

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender teens and their families asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a ban on gender-affirming care for minors that a lower court allowed to go into effect. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has described the decision as a “big win for democracy.” Meanwhile, in Kentucky, attorneys representing transgender youth, their families …

Editorial: Abortion opponents’ latest tactic: Try to keep people trapped in states where abortion is illegal
1 year, 2 months ago

Editorial: Abortion opponents’ latest tactic: Try to keep people trapped in states where abortion is illegal

LA Times  

Abortion opponents aren’t satisfied just getting abortion banned or nearly banned in various states. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, a group of Texas-based funds brought a lawsuit against the state’s Atty. The funds argued the officials’ threats had chilled professionals “from providing counseling, financial, logistical, and even informational assistance to pregnant …

Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky
1 year, 2 months ago

Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee and Kentucky can continue to ban gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed, federal appeals judges ruled. “Decisions that are not clearly resolved by the Constitution should be resolved by the people through their elected representatives.” In initial rulings months ago in Kentucky and Tennessee, trial court judges had …

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care
1 year, 3 months ago

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women across the U.S. filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging abortion restrictions that went into effect in Republican-led states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. A woman in Oklahoma who said she had a dangerous and nonviable pregnancy filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday asserting that she was denied an abortion despite a …

States and families wrestle over compassion in transgender youth care bans in Tennessee, Kentucky
1 year, 3 months ago

States and families wrestle over compassion in transgender youth care bans in Tennessee, Kentucky

Associated Press  

Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key fault line in a federal appeals court Friday, as judges heard arguments on whether to block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care in Kentucky and Tennessee. The move sparked alarm among advocates, who countered that doing so would immediately harm transgender young people currently receiving gender-affirming care, as …

Federal Judges Say Tennessee Can Enforce Gender-Affirming Care Ban
1 year, 5 months ago

Federal Judges Say Tennessee Can Enforce Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Tennessee can enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the state, for now, after a federal appeals court ruling was handed down Saturday. “The challengers have not shown that a right to new medical treatments is ‘deeply rooted in our history and traditions’ and thus beyond the democratic process to regulate,” wrote Sixth Circuit Court …

Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
1 year, 5 months ago

Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

Associated Press  

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling. Last month, a district court judge in Tennessee found that the state’s new law banning transgender therapies like hormone blockers and surgeries for transgender youth …

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections
1 year, 5 months ago

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

The Independent  

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Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections
1 year, 5 months ago

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s abortion ban doesn’t violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer ahead of a wave of restrictions by conservative states in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Indiana became the first state to enact tighter abortion restrictions, acting in …

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans
1 year, 5 months ago

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee temporarily blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth Wednesday, handing down the rulings shortly before the statutes were set to go into effect. In both Kentucky and Tennessee, the judges blocked portions of the law that would have banned transgender youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. …

One year later, the Supreme Court's abortion decision is both scorned and praised
1 year, 5 months ago

One year later, the Supreme Court's abortion decision is both scorned and praised

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. In a statement, President Joe Biden pledged to protect access and decried the court's …

Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit
1 year, 6 months ago

Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A former North Dakota abortion provider challenged one of the nation’s strictest abortion laws Monday, arguing the law “flagrantly violates” a court ruling supporting the right of patients in the state to obtain the procedure to preserve their life or health. The Red River Women’s Clinic last year challenged the now-repealed trigger ban as unconstitutional, and on …

Tennessee governor signs narrow abortion exemption bill
1 year, 7 months ago

Tennessee governor signs narrow abortion exemption bill

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s abortion ban, known as one of the strictest in the United States, will now include an extremely narrow exemption under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Lee signed off on the bill after repeatedly arguing that the state didn’t need to tweak its abortion ban even as medical experts, with the support of a growing …

US sues Tennessee over ban on care for transgender youth
1 year, 7 months ago

US sues Tennessee over ban on care for transgender youth

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, one of the several laws the state’s GOP-dominated Statehouse enacted this year targeting LGBTQ+ people. The federal lawsuit comes after Clarke sent a letter to all state attorneys general last month warning them that federal law protects transgender …

US Justice Dept sues Tennessee over transgender healthcare law
1 year, 7 months ago

US Justice Dept sues Tennessee over transgender healthcare law

Al Jazeera  

The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, one of the several laws the state’s Republican-dominated legislature enacted this year aimed at LGBTQ+ people. The Justice Department said the law violates the US Constitution’s equal protection clause by discriminating on the basis of both sex and transgender …

Transgender children, families sue Tennessee over care ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender children, families sue Tennessee over care ban

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three transgender children and their parents sued Tennessee on Thursday over a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The law, scheduled to go into effect on July 1, prohibits health care providers from providing hormone treatments or surgeries for transgender youth where the purpose is to allow the child to express a gender identity “inconsistent …

US vice president voices support for Texas abortion lawsuit
1 year, 9 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 …

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit filed Monday in state court said the Texas law, one of the strictest in the country, is …

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