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Abortion rights advocates worry that the Texas clarification bills could revive the 1925 abortion bans, potentially ...
The proposal would close a loophole that allowed cities to use public funds to indirectly support abortion, supporters say.
Texas lawmakers are considering bipartisan legislation to clarify the exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban, as ...
Senate Bill 31 supporters say it would clarify when doctors should intervene to save a pregnant woman’s life, but critics say ...
For the first time since Texas outlawed nearly all abortions, lawmakers are clarifying the “life of mother” exception. But ...
The bill would not only allow an abortion to save the life of the mother, but also if the woman's major bodily function would ...
Unless amended, two bills that purport to clarify when doctors can perform abortions could open the door to criminal ...
The Thursday hearing was the first chance Texans had to address lawmakers about a post-Roe trigger ban on all but lifesaving ...
The bills don't expand access or exceptions but aim to clarify the existing law to make clear when doctors can intervene to save a pregnant patient's life.
The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait ...
House Bill 44 is a bipartisan bill that would clarify the medical emergencies But some argue it doesn’t go far enough.
Texas lawmakers affirmed in Senate Bill 8 in 2021 and the post ... would change anything currently under the law otherwise that could restrict (abortion}?" asked state Rep. John Bucy, D-Austin.