Texas, abortion and House
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1don MSN
Several states with near-total abortion bans have introduced legislation seeking to make their medical exceptions clearer.
1don MSN
A bill that clarifies the medical exceptions to the state of Texas' near-abortion ban could be headed to the governor's desk as early as Thursday. It comes as lawmakers in the Texas House gave preliminary passage of the legislation Wednesday afternoon.
11don MSN
According to a first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis of state hospital discharge data, while the rates of dangerous infections spiked across Texas after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston were far more likely to get gravely ill than those in Dallas.
2don MSN
Texas has heard what the original ban cost its pregnant population and doubled down in a profoundly baffling way.
4don MSNOpinion
The Legislature thinks anyone providing abortion pills to Texas women needs to be disciplined. But the Legislature is woefully impotent on this issue.
Georgia's "heartbeat law" is among the restrictive abortion statutes that have been put in place in many conservative states.