A century-old abortion ban could be reinstated if Senate Bill 31 becomes law, which critics say could pave the way for Texas ...

Texas House Bill 44 and SB 31 represent a consensus turned into law: When a woman’s life is at risk, her doctor should be ...

The groups say Senate Bill 31 could help resurrect a more-than-century-old law that would further strip abortion access.

Senate Bill 31 supporters say it would clarify when doctors should intervene to save a pregnant woman’s life, but critics say ...

The only exception to Texas’ abortion ban is if a person is experiencing a “life-threatening” medical emergency.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers have filed legislation in the Texas Senate and House to clarify medical exemptions to the ...

Texas lawmakers took up a trio of bills that aim at strengthening some of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. But one ...

Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a “major bodily function” is at risk. Doctors, who could face ...

Texas has one of the toughest abortion laws in the country. It’s essentially a total ban that abortion advocates claim puts ...

And the bill would require Texas physicians to receive training on the state's abortion law and would provide free legal education resources for attorneys in the state. In laying out the bill ...

Bruder was one of several at the hearing who also raised concerns that the bill would breathe new life into an unresolved legal question about the status of Texas’ pre-Roe abortion laws.