Abortion

Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.

The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief presentation.

The lawsuit alleges that Debra Lynch violated Texas law by sending the medications mifepristone and misoprostol into the state.

The annual Texas Rally for Life went on as planned at the Capitol on Saturday, with speakers celebrating Texas' anti-abortion laws and pushing for more restrictions.

The court may decide whether a particular challenge to Texas' Senate Bill 8, also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, has a path forward.

The study looks at abortions received by Texans both in state and out-of-state in the months after Senate Bill 8, a roughly six-week abortion ban, became law in 2021.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took action on 14 bills Wednesday, signing all but one into law. Among those signed were measures aimed at increasing access to ivermectin and allowing private citizens to sue out-of-state abortion pill prescribers.

The law could allow private citizens to sue nonprofits that help Texans access medication abortion in other states.

House Bill 7 would allow private citizens to sue out-of-state prescribers and distributors of abortion pills sent into Texas.

In Texas, where abortion is banned, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, medical associations and groups on either side of the issue worked together to clarify when abortion can be used in emergencies.