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Glengariff Group, Inc., in conjunction with the pro-LGBT rights Equality Texas Foundation, found that support in that age group rose from 53.6% in 2010 to 67.9% in 2013, while within the general population in Texas, support rose from 42.7% to 47.9%. [237] Later polls have found that a majority of Texans support same-sex marriage.
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 ...
State of Texas is a case heard by the Texas Supreme Court regarding medical exceptions to the state's abortion ban. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on March 6, 2023. On August 4, 2023, State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction ; the state of Texas appealed this ...
Texas put forth a fifth of the 525 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in states across the U.S. last year, according to the Human Rights Council, which released a National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ ...
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. A unique feature of the Act, and challenges to it, is the delegation of enforcement to any and ...
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.
Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, abortion rights protests were held in Austin, [192] Dallas, Denton, [193] Houston, [194] and San Antonio. [195] In June 2024, Texas radio host Ryan Hamilton spoke out against Texas' abortion ban after his wife nearly bled to death after a Texas hospital refused to treat her miscarriage. [196]
Texas' abortion ban allows physicians to terminate a pregnancy only when a pregnant patient's life is at risk or the patient could suffer substantial impairment of a major bodily function.