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XI. Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by Texas abortion providers and abortion rights advocates that challenged the constitutionality of the Texas Heartbeat Act, a law that outlaws abortions after six weeks. [1] The Texas Heartbeat Act prohibits state officials from enforcing ...
Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. 582 (2016), was a landmark decision [1] of the US Supreme Court announced on June 27, 2016. The Court ruled 5–3 that Texas cannot place restrictions on the delivery of abortion services that create an undue burden for women seeking an abortion.
The legal status of abortion in Texas is due to a trigger law passed in July 2021 that came in effect on August 25, 2022, as a consequence of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade. [4] The law makes no exception for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. [1]
On Monday, three women who sued the state for the right to get an abortion held a panel discussion at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas. "My babies had a condition where their brains were not ...
Jessica Bernardo, who has joined the Texas abortion lawsuit, at her home in the Dallas area on May 18. (LM Otero/AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Eight more women have joined a lawsuit filed by five women ...
The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas in Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. The The plaintiffs, 20 women who were denied abortions despite severe pregnancy complications ...
Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022, in full) Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), [ 1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion.
Zurawski v. State of Texas. Zurawski v. 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 ...