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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]
Women who sued Texas after being denied abortions say reproductive rights are their top election issue Laura Jarrett and Elysee Barakett Updated June 24, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious ...