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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.
In 1854, Texas passed an abortion law that made performing an abortion, except in the case of preserving the life of the mother, a criminal offense punishable by two to five years in prison. The law, found in Articles 4512.1 to 4512.4, had a provision stipulating that anyone who provided medication or other means to assist in performing an ...
Because if there had been some specificity in Texas’ law, and had any of the bans grappled with the other ones still on the books, Cox would not have been forced to flee in a high-profile case ...
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 ; the state of Texas appealed this ...
Texas became the first U.S. state to ban most abortion in the 21st century with the passage of Senate Bill 8 in 2021 and currently has one of the strictest prohibitions on the procedure in the ...
The Texas Medical Board, a governor-appointed board tasked with overseeing the practice of medicine and licensing of physicians in the state, has adopted several new rules tied to abortion in June ...
In November 2024 a documentary movie about Zurawski and her case titled "Zurawski v Texas" was released in cinemas. The movie features Zurawski and others centered in the case, alongside lead attorney Molly Duane of the Center for Reproductive Rights and others and was co-directed by Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault. [10] [11] [12]
Independent clinics are vulnerable to abortion restrictions because they lack visibility, institutional support or financial resources to comply with new regulations. Texas abortion clinics are ...