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Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a “major bodily function” is at risk. Doctors, who could face prison time for performing an abortion, have been seeking clarification on the exception.

“Now that we have this coverage, what do we do to make sure women can get it?,” one health advocate said.

Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.

A new national study ranks Texas among the lowest-performing states for women’s health outcomes. Only Mississippi ranked worse.

More than half of people who've used telehealth come from states like Texas that have banned or severely limited access to abortion.

The Texas Supreme Court says Grissel Velasco can't recover damages the birth of a healthy child. She alleged the pregnancy was caused by her doctor's negligence.

The First Unitarian Church of Dallas is starting The Truth Pregnancy Resource Center to counter anti-abortion messages from crisis pregnancy centers.

When issues like bleeding and postpartum depression are left untreated, they can lead to death. Black Texans and other groups of color experience maternal mortality at higher rates, but organizations are working to change that reality.

Contraception options are available through most health insurance plans and government-funded clinics.

The state agency is responding to a petition from two attorneys to clear up ambiguity about when emergency abortions are allowed

A new Medicaid extension goes into effect today that gives pregnant Texans twelve months of postpartum coverage.

Right now it's "business as usual" in Texas, but the ruling has many patients concerned about their continued access to IVF and embryo storage.