Abortion is one of 18 items on the special session agenda, and some advocates hope to revive a bill targeting medication ...

What happens when doctors are too scared to treat miscarriages? A new ProPublica investigation highlights how restrictive ...

Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.

The women, believed to be the first to testify about an abortion ban’s impact on their pregnancy since 1973, are seeking to clarify when a medical emergency justifies an abortion.

Texas abortion ban is back, for now. It's 'chaos' for patients, advocates say. Christine Fernando. USA TODAY. Texas' restrictive abortion law is again in effect – for now – after a Friday order.

In 2021, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 8, which banned abortion after about six weeks’ gestation. But Texas lawmakers also put a “trigger ban” in place.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, states including Texas have laws that automatically overturn the right to abortion. That means it would be unlawful at any stage of pregnancy, with few to no exceptions.

A six-week abortion ban, similar to the Texas law, was set to take effect in Oklahoma on November 1 until a state judge blocked it earlier this month. The state is expected to appeal.

Texas' Senate Bill 31 and its identical companion bill, House Bill 44, would clarify the types of medical emergencies that qualify as exceptions to the state's abortion ban, activities that don't ...

Texas abortion ban: What it means and what happens next The law bans abortions as early as six weeks after conception and allows Texans to sue anyone who aids, abets or performs an abortion past ...

Abortion is almost entirely banned in Texas, but a handful of different laws and amendments have made the specifics of the ban complex and sometimes confusing. The short version: Abortion is ...