9 months ago

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

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 Friday, advise doctors to meticulously document their decision-making when determining if continuing a woman’s pregnancy would threaten her life or impair a major bodily function, but otherwise provide few specifics. While anti-abortion advocates praised language leaving the question of whether or not to perform an abortion at a reliance on doctors’ “reasonable medical judgment,” some doctors, attorneys and women who have left the state for abortions said more needed to be done to shield doctors from prosecution for performing abortions under the medical exceptions. Rebecca Weaver, the legislative director at Texas Right to Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion group, expressed satisfaction that the guidelines aren’t “weakening the strength of our laws,” and that the board chose “not to list out circumstances but defer to reasonable medical judgment.” “Texas’ pro-life laws clearly permit physicians to intervene when a pregnant woman’s life or major bodily function is in jeopardy because of her pregnancy,” she said.

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1 week ago

Abortion suit against doc came from boyfriend with 'your body, my choice' vendetta: expert

Raw Story

A legal expert gave an eyebrow-raising opinion on a controversial effort in Texas, where the state's far-right attorney general last week sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman in suburban Dallas. "As we discussed on @Morning_Joe today, part of what's so chilling about Ken Paxton's lawsuit against a New York OB/GYN is how it likely …

Shield law challenge: Texas sues New York doctor for providing abortion pills

Firstpost

The lawsuit accuses New York Dr. Maggie Carpenter of violating Texas law by providing the drugs to a Texas patient and seeks up to $250,000. File image/ 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 …

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 …

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 N.Y. doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

LA Times

Three members of the Women’s March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, last year. In suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, Texas has launched one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democratic-controlled states passed to protect physicians …

1 week, 3 days ago

The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills

NPR

The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills The state of Texas is suing a doctor in New York, saying she prescribed abortion pills for a Texas woman in violation of its law. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The attorney general of Texas is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman …

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

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 …

2 weeks, 6 days ago

'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll

Raw Story

Some Republican-led states that passed near-total abortion bans have mysteriously stopped collecting statistics on maternal mortality over the last couple of years — and some observers suspect it's not a coincidence, wrote Susan Rinkunas for MSNBC. "An analysis published in September by the Gender Equity Policy Institute found that, from 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal deaths in Texas …

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 …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths

Raw Story

The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee revealed this week that it will not be reviewing any cases that occurred over the last two years — which just happen to be the years when Texas's strict anti-abortion law went into effect. The Washington Post reports that the move by the committee is "leaving any potential deaths related to abortion …

4 weeks 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, …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

A Texas Woman Died After The Hospital Said It Would Be A 'Crime' To Intervene In Her Miscarriage

Huff Post

Josseli Barnica and her daughter in 2020 Credit:Courtesy of the Barnica family ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. Her death was “preventable,” according to more than a dozen medical experts who reviewed a summary of her hospital and autopsy records at ProPublica’s request; they called her case “horrific,” “astounding” and “egregious.” The doctors involved in Barnica’s care at …

2 months ago

Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss

Associated Press

A new series of Kamala Harris campaign ads highlights the precarious medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade. One ad features a Texas woman who lost her baby to sepsis due to a lack of proper medical care. Another ad focuses on the emotional impact of the issue on both the woman and her husband.

2 months 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 …

2 months ago

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care

The Independent

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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 …

2 months, 3 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 …

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 …

4 months, 1 week ago

Texas women denied care for ectopic pregnancies proves exceptions are a "farce", experts say

Salon

Several days after Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz found out she was pregnant in Texas, she started to experience bleeding and cramping. “I ended up losing half of my fertility and if I was made to wait any longer, it’s very likely I would have died.” This week, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed two complaints against two Texas hospitals — …

4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

LA Times

LGBTQ+ activists protest the bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth at the Texas Capitol in Austin last year. The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a …

5 months, 3 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.” …

5 months, 3 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 …

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 …

6 months ago

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

The Independent

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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 …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

"Gut punch": Texas Supreme Court says "life-saving exception" is clear enough. Plaintiffs disagree

Salon

Over the last week, 31-year-old Taylor Edwards has had a lot to process emotionally. But last week, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that despite the horrific stories told by plaintiffs, the state’s abortion bans are clear in their exceptions. The Texas Supreme Court also said that as “painful as such circumstances are,” referring to fatal fetal anomalies, “the law does …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

NPR

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Dr. Rachel Humphrey went to medical school, she says she never imagined caring for her patients could land her in prison. Humphrey says an exemption to protect a pregnant person’s life makes sense on the surface, but that it …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

"I wasn't dead enough for an abortion": Texas mom blames Trump for almost losing her life

Salon

Lauren Miller was pregnant with twins when she landed in the emergency room after 36 straight hours of vomiting. Related How abortion bans are impacting pregnant patients across the country "As my medical providers tried to counsel me on my options," Miller said, "they would just stop mid-sentence, looking for the right words. Last week, the state's all-Republican Supreme Court …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies

The Independent

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6 months, 3 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, …

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, …

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 …

7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

The Independent

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 …

8 months ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

8 months 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 …

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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8 months, 3 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 …

9 months, 3 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 …

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,” …

11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

1 year ago

How Republicans paved the road to Texas with misogyny

Raw Story

As Donald Trump embraces an online campaign filled with vulgar imagery attacking women, he continues to brag that he “killed” abortion by appointing Supreme Court justices who, with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, reversed more than 50 years of women’s reproductive freedom. Demanding access to out-of-state abortion medical records, Republican AGs claimed, fantastically, that there was no …

1 year ago

Republicans can’t make abortion go away in 2024

The Independent

1 year ago

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills

Associated Press

— Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy urged a judge Thursday to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial. Wyoming’s abortion pill ban specifically bars any exception for “psychological or emotional conditions.” “When the state says they are trying …

1 year ago

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to rule on restrictions imposed by a lower court on a widely used abortion pill in the latest skirmish in the battle over reproductive rights in the United States. The lower court ruling imposing restrictions on the use of the abortion drug mifepristone has been on hold pending a decision by the conservative-dominated Supreme Court …

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

History of this topic

Abortion suit against doc came from boyfriend with 'your body, my choice' vendetta: expert

Shield law challenge: Texas sues New York doctor for providing abortion pills

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

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

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against N.Y. doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills

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

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

'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll

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

'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths

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

A Texas Woman Died After The Hospital Said It Would Be A 'Crime' To Intervene In Her Miscarriage

Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss

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

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

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

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

Texas women denied care for ectopic pregnancies proves exceptions are a "farce", experts say

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

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

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

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

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

Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban

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

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

"Gut punch": Texas Supreme Court says "life-saving exception" is clear enough. Plaintiffs disagree

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

"I wasn't dead enough for an abortion": Texas mom blames Trump for almost losing her life

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies

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

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

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

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

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

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

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

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

Texas Abortion Bans & Gun Laws Fuel Deadly War On Women

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

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

How Republicans paved the road to Texas with misogyny

Republicans can’t make abortion go away in 2024

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions

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