During oral arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of Texas’ abortion restrictions, U.S. Supreme Court justices focused on what role the rules played in closing dozens of clinics.
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Health care
Texas Case Could Define Extent of Abortion Limits
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the legal challenge to abortion restrictions passed by Texas lawmakers in 2013. The case may help clarify how far states can go in regulating the procedure.
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Immigration
Scalia’s Death Impacts Texas Cases at U.S. Supreme Court
The late Antonin Scalia might well have been on the side of Texas conservatives in four cases now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Health care
County Prosecutors Offer Probation Deals to Abortion Foes
Anti-abortion activists indicted after infiltrating a Houston Planned Parenthood facility were offered probation deals by Harris County prosecutors. David Daleiden, one of the videographers, rejected the offer and plans to fight the charges.
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Health care
Texas GOP v. Planned Parenthood: A Scorecard
Almost six months ago, undercover videos purported to show Planned Parenthood official in Texas discussing illegal acts. Texas Republicans pounced, opening up multiple battlefronts against the embattled women’s health organization.
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Criminal Justice
Indictment Sheds Light on Planned Parenthood Sting
As more details come to light about the criminal charges against the videographers that infiltrated a Planned Parenthood facility in Houston, it appears anti-abortion activist David Daleiden was indicted for the very crime he accused Planned Parenthood of committing.
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Criminal Justice
Facing Felony Charges, Anti-Abortion Group Cites Free Speech Protections
As more details about the charges against anti-abortion activists who secretly-recorded Planned Parenthood staff come to light, the videographers are vowing to fight back — setting up a possible legal battle over First Amendment protections.
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Health care
Analysis: Planned Parenthood Critics Trapped Themselves
What started as an effort to shame Planned Parenthood has set back that organization’s foes, when a Harris County grand jury looking at the organization’s actions instead indicted its accusers.
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Grand Jury Indicts Abortion Foes Behind Undercover Videos
A Harris County grand jury on Monday indicted the videographers behind undercover recordings of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston and cleared the clinic of any wrongdoing.
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Criminal Justice
Obama Administration Asks High Court to Reject Texas Abortion Law
Intervening in what could be a landmark decision, the Obama administration, state and federal lawmakers and medical experts are among those who filed amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Texas’ 2013 abortion law.
