Texas Abortion law

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.

At its March 22 meeting the Texas Medical Board, which regulates medicine in the state, will discuss exceptions to anti-abortion laws.

Kate Cox left Texas to have an abortion, fearing her health was in jeopardy. After months of doctor requests, the Texas Medical Board is scheduled to discuss clarifying the law on Friday. NBC 5’s Political reporter Phil Prazan has more.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans says the Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require that Texas hospitals provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy.

Researchers looked at abortions state by state the year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.

Days after Dallas mom Kate Cox left the state to terminate her pregnancy, we’re learning more about others who are leaving Texas, seeking abortions. Cox went to court challenging the Texas abortion law but lost.

We have an update on the recent high-profile abortion case in Texas. As we reported on Monday, the Texas Supreme Court has given doctors the responsibility of interpreting what qualifies as a medical exemption under the state’s near-total ban on abortion. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has more details on this development.

A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to get an abortion elsewhere before the state Supreme Court on Monday rejected her unprecedented challenge of one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.