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A new data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester ...
AUSTIN, Texas – Samantha Casiano, who gave birth to a baby who lived just four hours, broke down and became physically ill on the witness stand as she told the story of her doomed pregnancy in ...
The SAFE Alliance in Austin helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Back before Texas' new abortion law went into effect, the organization counseled a 12-year-old ...
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend a new law banning most abortions, which had already put a strain on clinics and patients in the month since it took effect ...
Abortion access was severely limited after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, leading Texas residents to travel to receive care.
Recent abortion legal actions — the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion issued June 24, the 2021 Texas heartbeat law, which bans abortions once a heartbeat is detected, usually around six ...
Amanda Zurawski, one of 15 plaintiffs in Zurawski v. State of Texas, speaks in front of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, as the Center for Reproductive Rights and ...
Dozens of abortion rights advocates gathered in Austin, Texas, from Friday to Sunday for a summit featuring survivors of life-threatening pregnancies, reproductive health experts, policymakers ...
Texas patients are rushing to get abortions before the state’s six-week limit. Clinics are struggling to keep up. With Texas’s strict abortion ban still in effect, patients have been forced to ...
Anti-abortion protesters stand near the gate of the Texas State Capitol after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill outlawing abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected in May in Austin, Texas.
Sarah Harrison testifies on the abortion clarification bill on Monday, April 7, 2025, in front of the Texas House Committee on Public Health, in Austin, Texas.(Committee on Public Health) With her ...
AUSTIN, Texas — When pressed to explain a 30-page proposal to further limit access to abortion pills in Texas, Sen. Bryan Hughes encouraged Texans to read the legislation for themselves. “Don ...