Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court

NPR  

Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court Enlarge this image toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Jose Luis Magana/AP Abortion rights are front and center at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, but not the way most people expected. Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general who conceived of the design that "boxed out the judiciary" from stopping the law, asserts that states "have every prerogative to adopt interpretations of the Constitution that differ from the Supreme Court's." A federal judge did briefly order state court judges and clerks not to accept any of the lawsuits authorized by the state law, but Howard Wasserman, an expert on legal procedure, says that's "unheard of." One option "that might be attractive to the court," she says, would be to use the Texas case "as political cover" for whatever it's going to do in the Mississippi case.

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Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report
4 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 …

More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.
2 months, 1 week ago

More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.

Politico  

In Arizona, progressive groups are holding events and knocking on doors to make GOP-appointed state Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King the first in state history to lose a retention vote by reminding voters the pair ruled this year to uphold an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions. But they can interpret what it means, and what the …

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 …

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access
6 months ago

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access

NPR  

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access Two years after the Supreme Court removed federal abortion protections, the number of abortions is up as telehealth is on the rise and reproductive rights are on the ballot in November. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have an update now on the fight over abortion two years to the …

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Now the Supreme Court has unanimously shot down the 5th Circuit and Kacsmaryk, an embarrassing rejoinder to these lower courts’ law-free militancy. That’s true even in a “healthcare desert, where other doctors are not readily available.” A doctor who opposes abortion, the court …

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food …

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

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
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 …

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, …

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess
8 months, 3 weeks ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly suggested during an oral argument that government officials could use a 19th century law to ban the distribution of abortion pills through the mail. Politics Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills Supreme Court justices question whether a group of Texas doctors had legal standing to sue …

Supreme Court to hear arguments over mifepristone Tuesday
9 months ago

Supreme Court to hear arguments over mifepristone Tuesday

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the White House. Two years …

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states
9 months ago

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states

LA Times  

The two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is used to end pregnancies, particularly in the early weeks. The Supreme Court’s antiabortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion medication at pharmacies or through the mail. Shortly after the Supreme Court repealed the right to abortion in the …

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
9 months ago

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care. “While there are no comprehensive data on the number of self-managed medication abortions in the United States, evidence suggests they have been increasing in the past …

Opinion: The Supreme Court tackles abortion again. How much will it hurt Republicans in 2024?
9 months ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court tackles abortion again. How much will it hurt Republicans in 2024?

LA Times  

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could restrict the use of mifepristone, one of two abortion drugs determined to be safe and effective for more than two decades. It could well get louder: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in the most significant abortion case since Dobbs, weighing whether to restrict mifepristone, one …

What It’s Really Like to Challenge Texas’ Absurd Abortion Laws
54 years, 11 months ago

What It’s Really Like to Challenge Texas’ Absurd Abortion Laws

Slate  

This past week, Texas resident Kate Cox tried to terminate a nonviable pregnancy that would—according to her physician—imperil her ability to become pregnant in the future. Her physician, facing an interlocking set of incoherent state laws, asked a court to determine whether a good-faith exception to Texas’ abortion regulation would allow an abortion; a lower court granted that exception. Then, …

Kate Cox brings abortion bans back into the spotlight as six cases play out in courtrooms across the US
1 year ago

Kate Cox brings abortion bans back into the spotlight as six cases play out in courtrooms across the US

ABC  

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade last year, it did not remove the issue from the courts. Kate Cox, a woman who had asked a court for an exception to get an emergency abortion, will leave Texas to receive care while the US state's highest court considers her case. Battle between local and state in New Mexico …

The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.
1 year ago

The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to consider a challenge to access to mifepristone, the first drug used in medication abortion, teeing up the most important dispute over reproductive rights since Roe v. Wade’s reversal in June of 2022. Related From Slate The …

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions
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 …

'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 …

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 …

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case
1 year ago

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration aims to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been approved by the FDA. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to preserve access to the abortion pill, setting up another major ruling on reproductive rights set to come in a presidential election year. The justices took …

What we know about the legal case of a Texas woman denied the right to an immediate abortion
1 year ago

What we know about the legal case of a Texas woman denied the right to an immediate abortion

Associated Press  

Last week, a Texas woman sued her home state for the right to obtain an abortion in a new kind of challenge to the bans that most Republican-controlled states have begun enforcing in the last year and a half since Roe v. Wade was overturned. On Friday, an Austin-based judge elected as a Democrat granted Cox permission to receive an …

What we know about the legal case of a Texas woman denied the right to an immediate abortion
1 year ago

What we know about the legal case of a Texas woman denied the right to an immediate abortion

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 Last week, a Texas woman …

Texas woman to leave state for emergency abortion following Supreme Court appeal
1 year ago

Texas woman to leave state for emergency abortion following Supreme Court appeal

ABC  

Kate Cox, a woman who had asked a court for an exception to get an emergency abortion, will leave Texas to receive care while the state's highest court considers her case. Key points: Kate Cox's lawsuit is the first case to test Texas' abortion ban following the overturning of Roe v Wade Texas' abortion ban includes only a narrow exception …

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

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

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather at the federal courthouse in Austin, Texas, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. A pregnant Texas woman who was seeking court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. could not wait any longer and went to another state, her attorneys said Monday. …

Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court’s order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion
1 year ago

Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court’s order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. The order by the all-Republican court came more than 30 hours after Kate Cox, …

Texas Supreme Court halts order allowing emergency abortion
1 year ago

Texas Supreme Court halts order allowing emergency abortion

Al Jazeera  

Case seen as major test since constitutional right to abortion in the United States was overturned last year. The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court’s ruling that allowed a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant to get an abortion despite the conservative US state’s ban on the procedure. The one-page order from the all-Republican top court was …

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law
1 year 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 court allows first abortion since ban
1 year 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 Supreme Court hears case from women denied emergency abortions
1 year ago

Texas Supreme Court hears case from women denied emergency abortions

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. “The abortion bans as they exist today subjected physicians like my clients to the …

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 …

These Reproductive Rights Cases Could Do More Damage to the Judiciary Than Dobbs
54 years, 11 months ago

These Reproductive Rights Cases Could Do More Damage to the Judiciary Than Dobbs

Slate  

In key cases on abortion and contraception this past week, conservative judges debated how to approach what seems like a dry and technical issue: who has standing to be in court in the first place. Related From Slate How Dobbs Forces Doctors to Practice Medicine and Law at the Same Time Meanwhile, standing dominated oral argument on Monday when the …

How the Texas trial changed the story of abortion rights in America
1 year, 4 months ago

How the Texas trial changed the story of abortion rights in America

Salon  

During the five decades that followed Roe v. Wade, lawsuit after lawsuit in states across the country chipped away at abortion rights. "All of these secrets — abortion, miscarriage, the blurring of miscarriage and abortion — that's something people viscerally appreciate now." Before the Supreme Court's conservative majority eliminated a federal right to abortion last June, polls showed that nationwide …

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

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, 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 abortion bans are back in place after state appeals judge's order
1 year, 4 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 …

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 …

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions. Biden administration attorney Sarah Harrington opened by calling U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s April 7 ruling an “unprecedented and unjustified attack on the FDA’s scientific expertise.” …

What’s next for abortion pill after Supreme Court’s order
1 year, 8 months ago

What’s next for abortion pill after Supreme Court’s order

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. The court’s action almost certainly will leave access to mifepristone unchanged at least into next year, as appeals play out, including a potential appeal to the high court. The new abortion controversy comes less than a year …

What’s next in the Supreme Court fight over abortion pill mifepristone?
1 year, 8 months ago

What’s next in the Supreme Court fight over abortion pill mifepristone?

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. That's what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used …

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling on Friday that would have blocked access to medication abortion throughout the United States. Earlier this month, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee in Amarillo, Texas, ruled to block the Food and Drug Administration's long-standing authorization of the abortion drug mifepristone, overruling both the expert medical opinion of regulators and two …

US Supreme Court to decide on access to mifepristone: What's at stake and what could happen next
1 year, 8 months ago

US Supreme Court to decide on access to mifepristone: What's at stake and what could happen next

Firstpost  

At issue is the availability of mifepristone, part of a two-drug regimen that now accounts for more than half of the abortions in the United States. More than 5 million women have used mifepristone to terminate their pregnancies in the United States, and dozens of other countries have approved it Washington: The future of a commonly used abortion pill is …

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The ruling preserves broad access to mifepristone, while litigation continues over the pill’s approval for US use. “But let’s be clear – the American people must continue to use their vote as their voice, and elect a Congress who will pass a law restoring the protections of Roe v Wade,” Biden added, citing a landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that …

The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?
1 year, 8 months ago

The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court initially gave itself a deadline of Wednesday to decide whether women seeking access to a widely used abortion pill would face more restrictions while a court case plays out. The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states …

Opinion: Will the Texas judge’s abortion overreach be matched by the Supreme Court?
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: Will the Texas judge’s abortion overreach be matched by the Supreme Court?

LA Times  

Last week, dueling rulings threw the fate of the abortion pill mifepristone into doubt. World & Nation Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order The Justice Department is appealing a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States. Kacsmaryk’s decision was steeped in the rhetoric of the antiabortion movement: …

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes. But the number of conservative lawsuits filed in Amarillo has spawned accusations of “judge shopping” or that right-wing plaintiffs …

Column: A national abortion ban won’t fly. But a handpicked Trump judge could do something almost as extreme
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: A national abortion ban won’t fly. But a handpicked Trump judge could do something almost as extreme

LA Times  

It took President Trump three tries to get reliably, radically conservative Matthew Kacsmaryk confirmed as a federal judge. As his staunchly antiabortion sister recently told the Washington Post about her big brother’s role in the abortion pill case: “I feel like he was made for this. His confirmation hearings showcased not only his antiabortion advocacy, but also his views that …

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