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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state's abortion ban
A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state's restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot from Republican legislators who have defended the state's abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny.
Texas Republicans seek to clarify when doctors can intervene under abortion bans
A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that come with up to life in prison.
Texas GOP senator files bill to clarify abortion ban, expand protections in emergencies
A bill filed Friday and backed by top Republicans aims to give doctors more leeway to treat pregnant patients in medical emergencies.
Alert: Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify the state’s abortion laws, citing confusion over medical exceptions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify the state’s abortion laws, citing confusion over medical exceptions.
Kentucky Lawmakers Add Specific Medical Exceptions to the State's Near-Total Abortion Ban
Republican lawmakers inserted several medical exceptions into Kentucky's near-total abortion ban on Thursday, seeking to offer clarity to doctors fearful of breaking the law for terminating pregnancies while treating expectant mothers with grave complications.
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Texas' abortion bans hurt me as a doctor and as a patient. The laws must change | Opinion
Texas state lawmakers don’t have the answers. Instead, they’ve written abortion bans that prevent me as an obstetrician-gynecologist from honoring my most fundamental medical oath: Do no harm.
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Will lawmakers let Texas’ maternal mortality committee review abortion deaths?
The Legislature is considering bills that would lift long-standing restrictions on how Texas’ panel can investigate maternal ...
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Retired pastor prosecuted under abortion buffer zone laws
A retired pastor is being prosecuted for an alleged breach of an abortion clinic buffer zone in Northern Ireland.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lays out second round of Texas Senate priorities. Here's the list.
Ten of Patrick's 40 priorities have already passed out of the Senate, including three of the items on the new list released ...
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Texas bill would allow pharmacists to refuse to give out Plan B, abortion-inducing drugs
Senate Bill 1985 would give pharmacists the authority to refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives or drugs that induce ...
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...
Women still access abortion in Texas despite strict laws that prohibit them, per SXSW panel
State and national abortion rights leaders took to a South By Southwest panel Sunday afternoon to discuss ways women continue ...
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Abortion bans cause people to leave red states, studies find
New evidence confirms that people started fleeing red states after the Supreme Court overturned abortion rights in its 2022 ...