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Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings

Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 13, 2026April 13, 2026

Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students.

Competing demonstrations take place outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears a case on gender-affirming care for transgender children in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage

Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 20, 2025December 20, 2025

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Report: At least half a dozen Texas children under the age of 12 got out-of-state abortions

More than 100 kids under the age of consent also received abortions out of state, although the real numbers are likely higher.

by Stephanie Koithan January 28, 2025April 24, 2025

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Taxpayers fund post-‘Roe’ business boom for anti-abortion pregnancy centers in Texas

Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal services.

by Andrea Grimes, Texas Observer November 16, 2024January 22, 2025

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Infant mortality in Texas spiked following state’s ‘heartbeat bill’ abortion ban, study finds

In 2022, infant deaths in Texas jumped by 13%, significantly higher than the national average.

by Michael Karlis June 25, 2024March 11, 2025

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Five abortions a month: How Dobbs changed Texas

Before Roe v. Wade was overturned two years ago, the monthly average was around 4,400.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune June 24, 2024December 23, 2024

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How new regulations impact abortion and birth control access in Texas

More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Texas continues to be the largest state in the nation to ban nearly all abortions. But some questions and changes to abortion and birth control access have arisen since then.

by María Méndez, Texas Tribune June 3, 2024July 26, 2024

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With Texas births rising post-Roe, disability advocates say child services need bolstering

Texas’ fertility rose after new abortion restrictions, raising concerns that special education and specialized health care will be stretched even thinner.

by Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune March 11, 2024March 15, 2024

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Texas prosecutor disciplined for allowing murder charge against woman who self-managed an abortion

The State Bar of Texas has fined and suspended Starr County’s district attorney for pursuing a murder indictment against 26-year-old woman after she self-managed an abortion.

by Madaleine Rubin, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2024March 29, 2025

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Texas conservatives test how far they can extend abortion and gender-transition restrictions beyond state lines

Recent state and local legal maneuvers signal that Texas’ conservative movement could be wading into a complicated Constitutional morass the country hasn’t dealt with since before the Civil War.

by Eleanor Klibanoff and William Melhado, The Texas Tribune February 9, 2024June 25, 2024

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Texas had 26,000 pregnancies from rape since enacting total abortion ban

Apparently, Gov. Greg Abbott was unable to make good on his pledge to ‘eliminate all rapists.’

by Sanford Nowlin January 26, 2024February 1, 2025

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Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules

The Biden administration reminded hospitals of their obligation to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Texas sued, arguing it was an overstep that mandated abortions.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune January 3, 2024April 25, 2024

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Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort fetus with lethal abnormality

Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 7, 2023September 23, 2024

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More women join lawsuit challenging Texas’ abortion laws

Twenty women are challenging the state’s abortion laws, saying they were unable to get the health care they needed for their medically complex pregnancies.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune November 14, 2023October 28, 2024

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Tearfully testifying against Texas’ abortion ban, three women describe medical care delayed

The women, believed to be the first to testify about an abortion ban’s impact on their pregnancy since 1973, are seeking to clarify when a medical emergency justifies an abortion.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune July 19, 2023September 15, 2024

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Some Texas groups resume funding out-of-state abortions after court ruling

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in February, blocking a limited number of prosecutors from going after anyone who helps a Texan travel out of state to terminate a pregnancy. This has given some abortion funds confidence to resume.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2023May 7, 2025

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3 Texas women sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication

In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 10, 2023March 3, 2024

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Five women denied abortions by Texas sue to force state to clarify rules on medical exceptions

The Center for Reproductive Rights called its suit the ‘first of its kind’ since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.

by Sanford Nowlin March 7, 2023August 3, 2023

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In Texas’ first post-Roe legislative session, there’s a new political power dynamic on abortion

While Democrats and the far-right edge of the Republican Party remain focused on abortion, leaders in both chambers have not yet spent much time discussing the issue this session.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune January 23, 2023September 15, 2024