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Posted on · Today, in an in-depth discussion with legal experts, we hear from those who identify as "abortion rights advocates" and "abortion rights opponents".
Posted on · The Supreme Court declined to block the law in a 5 to 4 vote. The new Texas law states that abortions are banned after "cardiac activity" is detected in the fetus, estimated at six weeks, without exemptions for incest or rape.
Posted on · The Texas law bans all abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy. That is well before many women even know they are pregnant, and is at odds with the Supreme Court's precedents.
Posted on · Abortion rights advocates say that if the law goes into effect it will essentially eliminate access to abortion in Texas.
Posted on · The signing of the bill opens a new frontier in the battle over abortion restrictions as first-of-its-kind legal provisions intended to make the law harder to challenge are poised to be tested in the courts.
Posted on · Bills aimed at restricting access to abortions in Texas are moving quickly through the state Legislature.
Posted on · Abortion-rights groups had pushed for the 2014 data for months, suspecting the numbers would prove that abortions had become harder to obtain in Texas.
Posted on · Professors of obstetrics and gynecology in Texas are struggling to teach new doctors about abortion. This story delves into the specifics of training, explaining why a doctor who knows how to perform a dilation and curettage procedure (the foundation of abortion technique) may still not be competent to perform elective abortions in Texas – and why that matters.
Posted on · Houstonians on both sides of the abortion debate joined demonstrations outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices inside heard oral arguments about a 2013 Texas law that regulates abortion providers and clinics.