Around 4,000 anti-abortion demonstrators marched to the Capitol in Austin Saturday to celebrate the movement’s long-fought victories in the state.
Newly released statistics from 2023 show that minors in Texas are traveling out of the state to have abortions and the numbers are rising.
This week, top Republican leaders expressed a desire to to amend the state's strict abortion laws to clarify when doctors can perform the procedure.
“I think it’s clear, but I’m also open to the idea that some doctors don’t see it that way, some hospitals don’t think that way,” said Patrick, a Republican who presides over the Texas Senate. “We don’t want to stand in the way of that, but we’re not going to open it up so that abortion is prevalent again in the state.”
Around 4,000 people marched to the capitol in Austin on Saturday for the Texas Rally for Life. Organizers say that even though Texas has a near-total abortion ban, they could be only one election away from losing it.
Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after being denied an abortion, has been fighting to clarify the medical exception to Texas law for years. For the first time, Republicans might be willing to take up the issue.
The number, possibly an undercount, underscores the effect of blocking the procedure for one of the state’s most vulnerable populations.
When Texas' near-total abortion ban took effect in 2023, many reports focused on adults leaving the state for care. But new state data shows a growing number of minors are also traveling out of state for abortions.
Crowds are expected to gather around the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Saturday for the annual Rally for Life.
A Texas judge has allowed three states to move forward with a legal challenge seeking to impose stricter rules on the abortion pill mifepristone, reigniting the battle over medication abortion access in the U.
Nearly three years after one of the nation’s most punitive abortion bans went into effect in Texas, thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators marched Saturday to the Capitol in Austin, to ...
Patrick is the first major Republican official in Texas to say he supports clarifying the state's near-total abortion ban this legislative session.