Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune
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The bill gives the state new tools to try to stop the flow of abortion pills, but critics say it’s legally dubious on several fronts.
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The Legislature is considering bills that would lift long-standing restrictions on how Texas’ panel can investigate maternal deaths and near-misses.
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“Now that we have this coverage, what do we do to make sure women can get it?,” one health advocate said.
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Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.
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More than 2,800 Texans are getting abortion pills through the mail from out-of-state every month, prompting a lawsuit and legislation seeking to end the practice.
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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas led a letter calling for a briefing on why the state won’t review 2022 and 2023 deaths.
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This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.
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Emboldened by the recent election, some Texas lawmakers are already filing bills that would dictate bathroom use, limit gender identity markers on documents and restrict funding for surgeries.
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The barrage of ads focused on trans kids playing youth sports motivated the Republican base as Democrats struggled to respond.
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Three new faces will join the bench, but the political balance of power is likely to remain the same on the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Texas law allows doctors to terminate ectopic pregnancies, but both women say they were denied care until it was too late.
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Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.