While some national companies are requiring employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, mandates have been the exception for businesses in Texas.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Texas has banned abortions at about six weeks. But the time frame for pregnant patients to get one is less than two.
Here’s how the timeline works.
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Coronavirus in Texas
An infectious disease expert answers questions on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, vaccines during pregnancy and booster shots
An expert in COVID-19 treatment says there’s growing evidence the virus increases the risk of pregnancy complications, and booster shots aimed at the delta variant are on the way.
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Gov. Greg Abbott wanted state lawmakers to ban mask mandates in public schools. They didn’t.
As Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to punish any school district that defied Abbott’s ban on mask mandates, Republican legislators were largely indifferent on the matter.
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Justice Department exploring ways to challenge Texas’ abortion ban, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says
Garland provided no details of how federal officials may challenge one of the nation’s strictest bans on abortion. His statement came days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block the law, at least for now.
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At least 45 districts shut down in-person classes due to COVID-19 cases, affecting more than 40,000 students
Caseloads have left districts scrambling when many have said they have fewer tools at their disposal to combat the spread of the virus.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas doctors association condemns abortion ban, says it encourages “vigilante interference” in doctor-patient relationship
The Texas Medical Association called two anti-abortion bills unconstitutional and criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for not blocking the broader law from going into effect.
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As Texans fill up abortion clinics in other states, low-income people get left behind
Texas’ near-total ban on abortions is sending patients out of state for the procedure. Advocates say many immigrants and women of color can’t leave, and that’s increasing the inequities their communities suffer.
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Bill limiting abortion-inducing pills heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law
Senate Bill 4, which was advanced by the Texas House on Monday evening, would bar access to abortion-inducing pills to patients who are more than seven weeks pregnant.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas level off just below the pandemic’s winter peak
The numbers have stayed within a few hundred of a grim milestone as the state battles the pandemic’s latest surge.