State Lawsuit In Texas Over Abortion Policies
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas who put access to the abortion pill misefpristone in limbo earlier this year presided Tuesday over another potentially groundbreaking case: a state lawsuit seeking to force Planned Parenthood pay back millions…
Texas Trial Changes The Story Of Abortion Rights In America
“The entirety of abortion rights history is a history of doctors appearing in court to represent their own interests and the interests of pregnant people,” said Elizabeth Sepper, a law professor at the University of Texas-Austin. But in July, in…
Texas Ban On Abortion Lifted For Medical Emergencies
“I cried for joy when I heard the news,” says lead plaintiff Amanda Zurawski Women in Texas with serious pregnancy complications will be temporarily exempted from the southern US state’s abortion ban, a judge has ruled. Judge Jessica Mangrum said…
Judge Rules Texas’ Abortion Ban As Too Restrictive For Women With Pregnancy Complications
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge ruled Friday the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. The ruling was the first…
Texas Abortion Law Brings In Emotional Testimonies
ABC News’ Anne Flaherty reports on the emotional testimony from women who faced pregnancy complications and now are suing the state for its abortion law. On the second day of a hearing over a lawsuit filed against the state of…
Texas Women Give Harrowing Testimony On Impact Of Abortion
Texas women give harrowing testimony on impact of extreme abortion ban Women tell court about experience of carrying life-threatening pregnancies because of restrictive law with few exemptions The women are part of a lawsuit filed in March by the Center…
Texan Woman & The Subsequent Ban On Abortion
AUSTIN, Texas – Samantha Casiano, who gave birth to a baby who lived just four hours, broke down and became physically ill on the witness stand as she told the story of her doomed pregnancy in an Austin, Texas, courtroom…