Texas Abortion

• Roe v. Wade: U.S. Supreme Court revisits abortion rights challenge

  The court's decision could dramatically shift the contours of the 2022 midterm elections, providing a new force for Democrats, who largely support abortion rights.

  World

  Dec 1, 2021
  
• U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to controversial Texas abortion law

  The justices took up requests by President Joe Biden's administration and abortion providers to immediately review their challenges to the law.

  World

  Oct 22, 2021
  
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• Texas abortion law kept in place by U.S. appeals court, rejecting Biden DOJ plea

  It pushes the Texas law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in September allowed the state to move ahead with banning abortions once cardiac activity is detected.

  World

  Oct 14, 2021
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• Texas women driving hundreds of miles to seek abortions from neighbouring states

  Texas' abortion law prohibits abortions once cardiac activity is detected, after about six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant.

  Politics

  Oct 14, 2021
• Texas anti-abortion law reinstated by U.S. appeals court

  A one-page order by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued late Friday reinstated the nation’s strictest abortion law.

  Health

  Oct 9, 2021
• U.S. Judge orders suspension of new and ‘unprecedented’ Texas abortion law

  The order is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, which until now had withstood a wave of early challenges.

  World

  Oct 7, 2021
• Biden administration asks U.S. court to block enforcement of Texas abortion law

  The U.S. Justice Department's 45-page emergency motion seeks a temporary restraining order while its lawsuit challenging the bill as unconstitutional proceeds through the courts.

  World

  Sep 15, 2021
• U.S. Justice Department sues Texas over new abortion law

  The lawsuit argues that the law was enacted ``in open defiance of the Constitution.''

  World

  Sep 9, 2021
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• GOP states to use Texas abortion law as template for similar restrictions

  On Thursday, Republican lawmakers in at least half a dozen states said they planned to introduce bills using the Texas law as a model.

  World

  Sep 2, 2021
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• Texas rule forcing burial or cremation of fetuses ‘highly likely’ to face lawsuit

  New Texas rules requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains are likely to face a court challenge before taking effect, an abortion-rights attorney said Friday

  World

  Dec 3, 2016