A group of Texas abortion providers on Wednesday plans to file a new lawsuit to block regulations that would require abortion facilities to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers.
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5th Circuit Upholds Texas Abortion Regulations
Siding with the state of Texas, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that there isn’t enough evidence that the state’s new abortion regulations create an undue burden on the majority of Texas women attempting to access abortion.
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Interactive: New Abortion Regulations and Their Effect on Texas Facilities
Use this interactive map to see how the number of abortion facilities in Texas has changed with new regulations, and where facilities will remain open when more regulations take effect this fall.
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Texas Student Creates Travel Fund for Abortions
A 20-year-old UT-Austin student responded to Texas lawmakers’ restrictive abortion regulations by founding Fund Texas Women, a nonprofit that pays travel expenses to help Texas women get abortions in and outside of the state.
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Abortion Provider Shutters McAllen and Beaumont Clinics
Whole Woman’s Health announced late Wednesday that it is closing two abortion clinics — one in the Rio Grande Valley and another in Beaumont — as a result of strict abortion regulations passed by the Legislature last year.
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Davis Talks Border Voters, Abortion Rules at TribLive
During a TribLive interview, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis said she’s not concerned by primary losses in several border counties, and that she was a better option for South Texas voters than Greg Abbott.
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Anti-Abortion Candidates Saw Strong Returns
In statewide races, Republicans who touted their stance against abortion — even when the offices they sought had little to do with the issue — saw strong primary night returns on Tuesday.
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UT/TT Poll: Few Texans Would Keep Marijuana Illegal in All Cases
Nearly half of registered Texas voters support legalization of marijuana for any use in some quantities, and nearly three in 10 would legalize it for medicinal use only, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Senate Panel’s Hearing to Examine Progress on Women’s Health Services
State senators will hold a hearing Thursday to assess Texas’ efforts to expand access to women’s health services across the state. Abortion rights advocates say an essential issue has been left off the agenda.
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The Polling Center: Can Lt. Gov. Candidates Go Too Far on Abortion?
The Republican lieutenant governor candidates’ views on abortion after rape, displayed prominently in Monday night’s debate, may have edged farther right than the Texas GOP’s comfort zone.
