The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Wednesday took its second round of testimony on a controversial rule requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains.
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Texas turns to IUDs in the delivery room to curb unintended pregnancy
Texas is one of nearly two dozen states changing their Medicaid programs to pay hospitals for inserting an IUD or contraceptive implant in the delivery room.
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Texas May Owe Abortion Providers’ Lawyers $4.5 Million
Following their win at the U.S. Supreme Court, the attorneys that brought a lawsuit against Texas’ 2013 abortion restrictions are asking the state for more than $4.5 million in legal fees.
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Texas Not Budging on Rule Requiring Burial or Cremation of Fetal Remains
Despite intense outcry from the medical community and reproductive rights advocates, Texas isn’t budging on a proposed rule to require the cremation or burial of fetal remains.
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Health care
Sharp Disagreements at Fetal Remains Hearing
Dozens of health care providers, funeral directors and reproductive rights activists packed a hearing before state health officials Thursday to criticize a proposed new rule that would require that all fetal remains be cremated or buried.
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Health care
Texas Health Officials to Hear Concerns About Fetal Remains Rule
Health care providers, funeral operators and women’s rights activists on Thursday are expected to tell Texas health officials that a rule requiring the cremation or burial of fetal remains will do little to improve public health and could be burdensome to women.
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Lawyers: Rule to Bury or Cremate Fetal Remains Could Lead to Suit
In a new letter to the state, reproductive rights lawyers argue Texas’ proposed rules requiring the cremation or burial of fetal remains “will almost certainly trigger costly litigation.”
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Abortion Booklet Revisions Called Even More Inaccurate
Texas health officials are revising a controversial booklet that doctors are required to give to women seeking abortions. Some experts say the new version contains even more misinformation.
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Charges Dismissed Against Anti-Abortion Activists Who Made Video
Criminal charges against the anti-abortion activists behind undercover recordings of a Houston Planned Parenthood facility were dismissed on Tuesday.
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Abbott Fundraising Off Rule to Bury or Cremate Fetal Remains
Weeks after Texas health officials quietly proposed rules that would require the cremation or burial of fetal remains, Gov. Greg Abbott is raising political funds off his administration’s new effort to regulate abortion providers.
