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[205] [better source needed] The first city to do so was the city of Waskom, Texas, which enacted its local abortion ban on June 13, 2019. [206] The city of Lubbock enacted its local abortion ban through a referendum on May 1, 2021. [207]
A different six-week abortion ban, HB 59, was previously introduced in Texas by Representative Phil King on July 18, 2013. [31] The bill did not pass. [32] [33] In 2019, another six-week abortion ban was introduced as HB 1500, which was jointly authored by Representatives Briscoe Cain, Phil King, the late Dan Flynn, Tan Parker, and Rick Miller ...
In May 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as SB 8, into law. The law banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detected, and allowed private citizens in Texas to sue anyone who helps someone obtain such an abortion. The law took effect in September of that year.
Texas first enacted Senate Bill 8, a six-week abortion ban, in September 2021, nine months before the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
Texas has banned nearly all abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court last June overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which had guaranteed abortion rights nationwide. Texas' ban includes an ...
This guide will walk you through the laws and penalties that govern abortion access and restrictions in Texas. Everything you need to know about the Texas abortion ban: exceptions, regulations ...
United States v. Texas, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that involved the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 or SB8, a state law that bans abortion once a "fetal heartbeat" [a] is detected, typically six weeks into pregnancy.
The 1925 ban prohibits a person from performing an abortion procedure or “designedly administer[ing] to a pregnant woman or knowingly procur[ing] to be administered with her consent any drug or ...