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Center for Reproductive Rights, Abortion laws by state: Texas, accessed Feb. 13, 2024 Email interview, Elisabeth Smith, director of state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is partnering with reproductive rights and justice organizations and pro-abortion Texans to launch the Texas Abortion Advocacy Network (TAAN). [191] This network will mobilize supporters to respond to local threats to reproductive health and actively work to restore and expand abortion access in Texas.
On November 28, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Zurawski. By this time, the number of plaintiffs in the case had increased to 22: 20 women denied abortions and two physicians. During the argument, Molly Duane, a lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, stated, "We are just seeking clarification on what the law aims ...
Filed in March 2023 by the Center for Reproductive Rights, an abortion rights advocacy organization, the lawsuit was the first patient-led legal action to be filed after the U.S. Supreme Court in ...
The Texas Heartbeat Act contains twelve sections. [55] Although the Act is best known for its provisions that outlaw abortion after cardiac activity has been detected, and that authorize private lawsuits against those who violate the Act, the Act includes other provisions that further restrict abortion and deter litigants from challenging abortion laws in court. [56]
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously threw out a legal challenge that threatened to bar access to a drug often called the "abortion pill" nationwide, a decision largely framed as a win ...
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 ...
Texas House Bill 2 (HB2) is a bill within the Eighty-third Texas Legislature, first introduced into the Texas Senate as Texas Senate Bill 5 (SB5) on June 11, 2013, related to abortion rights within the state.