Abortion Rights

Medical professionals are leaving the state, leading to a decline in women's access to routine reproductive health care, advocates maintain.

The number of moderate women supporting abortion rights also increased significantly over that time.

In August, a judge ruled that the state’s near-total abortion ban should not apply to medically complicated pregnancies. The state appealed that ruling to the Texas Supreme Court, putting it on hold.

Paxton's office is appealing a court decision that would let doctors make the choice to end complicated pregnancies that could endanger a woman's health.

Experts on adoption and abortion say lawmakers must work to provide financial and mental health support to birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees in order to make the adoption process a better option for those with unwanted pregnancies.

Researchers found that some patients needed to be in danger of death before medical providers were willing to terminate the pregnancies putting their lives at risk.

Texas AG Ken Paxton claimed the president 'seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic.'

Contraception options are available through most health insurance plans and government-funded clinics.

The heightened interest in surgical contraception is in line with national trends.

Given what's at stake, we cannot allow ourselves to become paralyzed by our rage and depression.

Experts said the ruling is only likely to extend the availability of abortions in the state by another two months.

Advocates and politicians say they hope Texas’ ban on abortion will motivate voters. But they say they’ll need to emulate the strategies of the anti-abortion movement to reach long-term success.

'My job is chasing predators, rapists and human traffickers, not someone exercising a right,' he said.

Although the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade could energize O'Rourke's campaign, he'd still face a GOP-controlled Texas Legislature.

Friday's peaceful protest was one of hundreds planned across the country in coming days.

Although a state law passed in 2021 allows for a 30 day grace period, Planned Parenthood is awaiting word from lawyers about the current legality of abortions in Texas.

Cruz called Justice Clarence Thomas, who wants the court to reconsider same-sex marriage and access to contraceptives, a 'happy warrior.'

Abortion-rights advocates said women across the U.S. will now face the reality that Texans have been living with since the passage of the state's so-called 'heartbeat bill.'

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of America’s long, shameful history of punishing women for having sex.

The bar will host multiple reproductive resource providers on Friday, June 24.