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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]
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 became the first U.S. state to ban most abortion in the 21st century with the passage of Senate Bill 8 in 2021 and currently has one of the strictest prohibitions on the procedure in the ...
Subsequently, she filed a suit against the State of Texas, alongside four other women who joined the suit in March 2023. The New York Times reported that the case was the first time that a pregnant woman took legal action against an abortion ban since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 in the decision of Dobbs v.
A vast majority of Texas OB-GYNs feel they cannot provide the highest-quality care to their pregnant patients under the state's near-total abortion ban — and one in five has considered leaving ...
A board meeting agenda posted on the Texas Secretary of State's website Thursday lists "Consideration and possible action on rules regarding exceptions to the ban on abortions" as the 14th item to ...
The Texas Heartbeat Act contains twelve sections. [55] Although the Act is best known for its provisions that outlaw abortion after cardiac activity has been detected, and that authorize private lawsuits against those who violate the Act, the Act includes other provisions that further restrict abortion and deter litigants from challenging abortion laws in court. [56]
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 ...