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Houston-area midwife arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions
This represents the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Republican judge orders New York doctor to pay fine, stop providing abortion pills in Texas
The ruling likely sets up a court showdown over laws that allow doctors to prescribe abortion meds by mail.
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Women harmed by Texas’ abortion ban demand clear language about when a mother’s life is at risk
Advocates said they also fear more restrictions by local lawmakers emboldened by President Trump.
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San Antonio City Council approves Reproductive Justice Fund — sort of
Although the fund was approved, it won’t fund travel expenses for out-of-state abortions.
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A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms
It took 20 hours and three ER visits before doctors admitted the pregnant 18-year-old to the hospital as her condition worsened. She’s one of at least two women who died under Texas’ abortion ban.
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A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a crime to intervene in her miscarriage
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care.
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Texas Rep. John Lujan reaffirms he’d want daughter to birth child if she’d been raped
Lujan made his comments during a San Antonio candidate forum and received jeers from women in the crowd.
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Texas Democrat Colin Allred outraises Ted Cruz as campaign heads into home stretch
Word of Allred’s fundraising blitz comes as a series of polls show a tight race.
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Texas Rep from San Antonio says he’d force daughter to birth child if she’d been raped
In his remarks, Rep. John Lujan, a Republican, clarified that he doesn’t have any daughters.
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Study: San Antonio ranks among worst cities for women
San Antonio’s low ranking was primarily due to the state’s abortion ban and lack of healthcare options.
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Turning trauma into activism: She’s fighting for reproductive rights in Texas and beyond
Amanda Zurawski, whose lawsuit challenging state abortion bans was ultimately rejected by the state’s high court, wants Republicans to rue Roe’s demise come November.
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Two Texas women ask feds to ensure hospitals offer life-saving abortions despite state ban
The two women said they almost died because hospitals repeatedly turned them away during ectopic pregnancies.
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The consequences of Texas’ abortion ban goes beyond women’s right to choose
Medical professionals are leaving the state, leading to a decline in women’s access to routine reproductive health care, advocates maintain.
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Damning report ranks Texas as second-worst state for women’s health and reproductive care
Texas had among the highest rates of syphilis, among the worst in maternal mortality rates, and it ranked dead last in the number of women with health insurance.
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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.
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Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws
The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough.
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Anti-abortion doctor appointed to Texas maternal death review committee
Dr. Ingrid Skop, an influential anti-abortion advocate, will now be reviewing maternal deaths for the state.
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At five hour hearing, no one is happy with Texas Medical Board’s proposed abortion guidance
Doctors, lawyers and advocates say the state board’s new guidance still doesn’t clarify when doctors can legally perform abortions.
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Anti-abortion crusader’s deposition requests generate fear, but no findings
Jonathan Mitchell has filed at least nine petitions seeking information from abortion activists, doctors and women. None have been approved by a judge.