Texas Abortion law

Opponents on the different sides of the abortion debate came together at the Texas Capitol on Monday. The ‘Life of the Mother Act’ is on track to pass this spring. NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan reports on the rare agreement in a public hearing.

Different sides of the abortion debate came together at the Texas capitol, and now the “Life of the Mother Act” appears on track to pass this spring.

A NY county clerk refused Thursday to file a $113k judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas.

A county clerk in New York refused to file a more than $100K Texas judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas.

A second person has been arrested in connection to a Texas midwife who is accused of providing illegal abortions at a network of clinics operated outside of the Houston area.

A Texas midwife has been arrested and accused of providing illegal abortions, in first criminal charges filed under the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Cecile Richards, who led Planned Parenthood for over a decade, lost her battle with cancer on Monday.

Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal.

Amarillo residents will vote on a so-called abortion travel ban that would forbid using the city’s roads and highways to seek an abortion out of state.

In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows.

A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans. Still, it refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear.

The Texas Supreme Court has rejected the most significant challenge to the state’s abortion laws yet. In the case, Zurawski vs Texas, 20 women argued the state’s near-total ban stopped them from getting medical care during their complicated pregnancies. Now they’re left dealing with a devastating and emotional blow.

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications.

A hearing held by the Texas Medical Board highlighted the confusion that still exists among doctors, lawyers and advocates about how to interpret the state’s the new abortion laws.

A Texas man is petitioning a court for information over his former partner’s alleged out-of-state abortion, setting up a first-of-its-kind legal test to the limits of statewide abortion bans.

One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.

The Texas Medical Board met to clarify when doctors can legally provide an abortion under state law. But after unveiling new guidance, opponents say it doesn’t go far enough. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards more on the response, including a conversation with the couple responsible for setting today’s meeting in motion.

When can Texas doctors provide a legal abortion? That’s the question many were hoping to get clarity on, during Friday’s Texas Medical Board meeting. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports the board announced a potential new rule for exceptions to the state’s abortion ban but there’s still some confusion.

A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state.

Discussions continue in Austin over abortion laws in Texas as the Texas Medical Board holds a hearing that is expected to last several hours.