If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, “trigger laws” across 12 states — including Texas — that ban all abortions will go into effect within months.
Texas Abortion Restrictions
Abortions in Texas ceased following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that eliminated the constitutional protection for an abortion. Texans who want to access abortion at any stage of pregnancy will have to travel out of state, look beyond the U.S.-Mexico border or operate outside of the law, while others will carry unwanted pregnancies to term. Birth control and emergency contraceptives, commonly referred to as Plan B, are different from the drugs used to induce an abortion and remain legal.
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Texas Supreme Court refuses to resume a Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging new state abortion law
Planned Parenthood had requested that the court reverse a decision to indefinitely pause the lawsuit, which was filed in Travis County district court.
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Texas demonstrations take aim at state’s near-total ban on abortion
Thousands turned out at demonstrations across the state and protested Texas’ new abortion restrictions. Texas Tribune photographers were there.
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The Justice Department will argue against Texas’ abortion law Friday. Here’s what you need to know.
The U.S. sued Texas after the Biden administration vowed to oppose Texas’ new near-total abortion ban. The lawsuit joins several legal challenges already in progress.
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Texas law restricting access to abortion medications goes into effect Dec. 2 after governor signs bill
The new law narrows the window in which physicians are allowed to give abortion-inducing medication to patients from 10 weeks to seven weeks into pregnancy, bucking FDA guidelines.
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A Republican wants to add exceptions for rape and incest to Texas’ new near-total abortion ban. He faces an uphill climb.
The proposal comes almost two weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott’s comments that the state would “eliminate all rapists.”
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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is lone Democrat to vote against federal bill protecting abortion rights
The U.S. House is trying to override Texas’ near-total ban on abortions. But Democrats likely lack the support they need in the U.S. Senate.
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Texas abortion providers ask U.S. Supreme Court to fast-track their challenge to state’s near-total abortion ban
The Supreme Court had previously declined to block the law but didn’t rule on its constitutionality.
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Law enforcement warns of “credible threat” against Texas legislators who voted for abortion ban
The threat was apparently made on Reddit and included the names of House and Senate members who voted for Senate Bill 8 during the regular legislative session.
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Texas’ near-total abortion ban caps a decadeslong war by conservative legislators to block access to the procedure
Getting an abortion in Texas has become more difficult than anywhere else in the nation.