How to get birth control and emergency contraception in Texas
Contraception options are available through most health insurance plans and government-funded clinics. Full Story
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Why a conservative Texas mayor defied his peers and put the brakes on an abortion “travel ban”
Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley calls himself “pro-life.” But the proposal to police the streets for women traveling out of state to get an abortion is overreach, he said. Full Story
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![Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley speaks during a City Council meeting on May 28, 2024.]()
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In new complaint, Texas women say delayed care due to abortion laws endangered their fertility
Texas law allows doctors to terminate ectopic pregnancies, but both women say they were denied care until it was too late. Full Story
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Five abortions a month: How Dobbs changed Texas
Before Roe v. Wade was overturned two years ago, the monthly average was around 4,400. Full Story
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![Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision, in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2022.]()
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Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban
The guidance lays out what the Texas Medical Board will consider when investigating allegations of illegal abortions. Full Story
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![President of the Texas Medical Board Dr. Sherif Zaafran, M.D., center, speaks during a board meeting in Austin on Mar. 22, 2024. During the meeting, the board addressed ‘Consideration and possible action on rules regarding exceptions to the ban on abortions.’]()
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As a Texas city debates an abortion travel ban, maternal care is scarce in nearby rural counties
Amid a fight over an “abortion travel ban,” women health care experts say more attention is needed to the plight of pregnant Texans in the Panhandle where there are few hospitals and OBGYNs. Full Story
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![The town of Cactus on Jan. 29, 2020. Cactus is in the upper part of the Texas Panhandle, about 50 miles north of Amarillo.]()
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Amarillo City Council rejects so-called abortion travel ban
A group of anti-abortion advocates must now decide whether they want the city voters to have the final say on their proposed policy. Full Story
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Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws
The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough. Full Story
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![Amanda Zurawski, middle, addresses the press following the first day of testimony for Zurawski v. State of Texas outside the Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility in Austin on July 19, 2023.]()
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Anti-abortion crusader’s deposition requests generate fear, but no findings
Jonathan Mitchell has filed at least nine petitions seeking information from abortion activists, doctors and women. None have resulted in a deposition. Full Story
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New reporting requirements for life-saving abortions worry some doctors
The proposed guidance from the Texas Medical Board would require doctors to document whether there was time to transfer a patient “by any means available” to avoid performing an abortion. Full Story
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![Members of the public and media listen during the Texas Medical Board Full Board Meeting in the George H.W. Bush Building in Austin, Texas on Mar. 22, 2024. All the seats in the room were filled as everyone listened while they talked about agenda item number 28, ‘Consideration and possible action on rules regarding exceptions to the ban on abortions.’]()
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Texas Medical Board to consider issuing guidance on abortion laws’ medical exceptions
On March 22, the board will discuss clarifying what counts as a medical exception to the state’s abortion restrictions. Full Story
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![An ultrasound machine sits next to an empty patient's bed at Whole Women’s Health of Austin on Sept. 1, 2021.]()
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With Texas births rising post-Roe, disability advocates say child services need bolstering
Texas’ fertility rose after new abortion restrictions, raising concerns that special education and specialized health care will be stretched even thinner. Full Story
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Disabled Texans face more barriers to accessing abortion
Few organizations track the number of disabled individuals trying to access abortion, but abortion providers and groups that help assist Texans obtain out-of-state abortions say they are falling through the cracks. Full Story
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Hispanic and teen fertility rates increase after abortion restrictions
More than 16,000 babies were born in Texas in 2022 than in 2021, a new study from the University of Houston shows. Full Story
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![Over 100 people gather for an abortion rights rally at the federal courthouse in San Antonio on May 3, 2022, after a Supreme Court opinion draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked the night before.]()
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Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws
The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court. She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy. Full Story
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Texas Supreme Court blocks order allowing abortion; woman who sought it leaves state
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Kate Cox did not qualify for an abortion under the medical exception to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Just hours prior, Cox’s lawyers said she’d traveled out of state to have the procedure. Full Story
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![Protestors holding a variety of signs showing support of women's rights, listen to a speaker during a Women's Wave protest, hosted by Bans Off Our Bodies Fort Worth, on Oct. 8, 2022 outside of the Tarrant County Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth.]()
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Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling allowing Dallas woman to get an abortion
After a Travis County district judge cleared the way for Kate Cox, 31, to terminate her pregnancy, Ken Paxton petitioned the state’s highest court to halt the ruling. Full Story
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Appeals court considers Texas’ challenge to federal abortion guidance
The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act requires hospitals to stabilize any patient in the emergency room, even, the Biden administration noted in recent guidance, if that requires performing an abortion. Texas sued over the guidance last year. Full Story
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She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.
Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term. Full Story
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![Miranda Michel cradles her twin sons Helios and Perseus Langley in her arms a day after delivery at Medical City Dallas in Dallas, TX on August 10, 2023. Unable to legally terminate the pregnancy in Texas despite the twins having lethal fetal anomalies and a zero percent chance of viability, Michel carried her twins to term.]()
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Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions
State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order. Full Story
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![Amanda Zurawski, Molly Duane and Ashley Brandt look on as Samantha Casiano addresses the press following the first day of testimony for Zurawski v. State of Texas outside the Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility in Austin on July 19, 2023.]()
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Tearfully testifying against Texas’ abortion ban, three women describe medical care delayed
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. Full Story
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![Amanda Zurawski, Samantha Casiano, Molly Duane, senior staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Ashley Brandt, address the press following the first day of testimony for Zurawski v. State of Texas outside the Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility in Austin on July 19, 2023.]()
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