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Texas Medical Board to consider issuing guidance on abortion laws’ medical exceptions

On March 22, the board will discuss clarifying what counts as a medical exception to the state’s abortion restrictions.

by Madaleine Rubin, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2024March 24, 2024

On March 22, the board will discuss clarifying what counts as a medical exception to the state’s abortion restrictions.

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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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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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Texas abortion funds likely safe from prosecution, federal judge rules

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton from the lawsuit, ruling he had no authority to enforce Texas’ abortion bans beyond state lines.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune February 25, 2023August 17, 2023

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Bad Takes: Texas county’s murder rap against woman for ‘self-induced abortion’ didn’t occur in a bubble

The incident is a hint of what’s to come as the U.S. right imposes aggressive abortion restrictions.

by Kevin Sanchez April 12, 2022December 1, 2024

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Abortion funds bring new legal challenges to overturn Texas ban

Lawyers for abortion advocacy groups believe opponents may have given them an opening to challenge the law in a more friendly federal court.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 24, 2022August 17, 2023

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Satire site The Onion skewers Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he signed law banning consensual sex

The piece mocks Abbott’s repeated pandering to Texas’ far-right fringe.

by Sanford Nowlin March 11, 2022June 26, 2025

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Texas abortion law

Texas Medical Board to consider issuing guidance on abortion laws’ medical exceptions

More women join lawsuit challenging Texas’ abortion laws

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

Texas abortion funds likely safe from prosecution, federal judge rules

Bad Takes: Texas county’s murder rap against woman for ‘self-induced abortion’ didn’t occur in a bubble

Abortion funds bring new legal challenges to overturn Texas ban

Satire site The Onion skewers Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he signed law banning consensual sex

‘This is a dark day’: For Texas abortion providers, U.S. Supreme Court ruling feels apocalyptic

Supreme Court lets clinics’ challenge to Texas abortion ban proceed but leaves law in effect

State judge declares Texas abortion law unconstitutional — but does not stop it from being enforced

Abortion access in Texas hangs in the balance as Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade

Gov. Abbott and Beto O’Rourke nearly tied among Texas voters in new poll

Key U.S. Supreme Court justices express concern about Texas abortion law’s enforcement

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Texas’ near-total abortion ban Monday. Here’s what you need to know.

Before the near-total ban, Texas was home to the most ‘abortion deserts’ in the U.S.

U.S. Supreme Court will hear cases against Texas abortion ban. Oral arguments to start Nov. 1

Justice Department asks U.S. Supreme Court to block enforcement of Texas’ abortion ban

Justice Department will ask U.S. Supreme Court to stop Texas abortion ban

Analysis: Intentional loopholes in Texas abortion law draw a judge’s rebuke