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Missouri Legislator’s Anti-Abortion Bill Reflects New Texas Law
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) – A Republican state official introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. St. Louis Post-Expedition reports that the bill introduced Thursday by State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman Arnold would prohibit terminating a pregnancy once cardiac activity is detected in an embryo, typically around …
Missouri Legislator’s Anti-Abortion Bill Mirrors New Texas Law | St. Louis News Headlines
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican state representative has introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the bill introduced Thursday by State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Arnold would ban the termination of a pregnancy once heart activity is detected …
Missouri Legislator’s Anti-Abortion Bill Reflects New Texas Law | St. Louis News Headlines
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican state official introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. St. Louis Post-Expedition reports that the bill introduced Thursday by State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman Arnold would prohibit terminating a pregnancy once cardiac activity is detected in an embryo, typically around …
After Supreme Court Ruling on Texas Law, Abortion Rights Advocates See No Clear Path to Victory
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential news from Texas. In its expected ruling on Texas’ controversial abortion ban last week, the US Supreme Court expressed serious concerns about the law’s unique enforcement mechanism, which allows anyone to sue those who break the law. …
Texas law criminalizes distribution of abortion pills comes into effect
In 2000, the FDA approved the use of doctor-prescribed abortion pills for women during their first 10 weeks of pregnancy. SAN ANTONIO – Women in Texas looking for doctor-prescribed abortion pills are now being forced to a smaller window to use the drug following a bill that was passed by the state legislature. Senate Bill …
Pandemic, Texas law fuels interest in abortion drugs
TOPEKA, Kan. – The covid-19 pandemic and Texas’ virtual abortion ban have increased interest in getting abortion drugs by mail, but the legality of doing so is in doubt in several states. The case takes on new urgency with the Supreme Court due to hear arguments next month in Mississippi’s attempt to erode the Roe …
Abortion rights advocates rally in New Jersey as Texas law remains in national spotlight
NEWARK, NJ – A week after a fierce gubernatorial battle, business was business as usual for Garden State Democrats who are now rallying for Gov. Phil Murphy’s second term. The reproductive freedom law – which would expand access to abortion in the state as other states pass restrictive laws – is a top priority for …
Ohio lawmakers introduce abortion bill that goes beyond Texas law
Ohio Republicans on Wednesday introduced a bill calling for a total abortion ban in the state, going beyond the Texas “heartbeat” law currently under review by the Supreme Court. . The bill, called law 2363, which lawmakers say is the number of children lost every day to abortion in the United States, seeks to ban …
High Court Hears Cases Over New Texas Law, But Outcome May Not Affect Abortion Access
The Supreme Court, whose conservative majority is seen on the verge of overturning decades-old rulings guaranteeing the right to abortion, heard its first two abortion cases for the 2021-2022 term on Monday. But the court could decide this case without ruling on the fate of abortion rights in America. At stake is the future of …
Illinois abortion notification repeal backed by Texas law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Alarmed and at the same time energized by a Texas law that bans most abortions, abortion rights advocates in the General Assembly are targeting what people on both sides of the contentious issue see as the last restriction on access to abortion in Illinois. What would you like to know Illinois …
Texas law puts Susan Collins back in the spotlight on abortion rights
Although she supports the codification of Roe v. Wade, Collins does not support the Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act, but instead tries to craft her own bill to achieve the same goal. And while she publicly criticized the Texas law last weekend as being “extreme, inhuman and unconstitutional” and opposed the court’s decision not to …
Texas law triggers hundreds of US protests against abortion restrictions
Women marched by the thousands on Saturday outside the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest the state’s growing restrictions on abortion. (AP) Women marched by the thousands Saturday outside the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest the state’s growing restrictions on …
New Texas Law Cuts Time For Doctors To Administer Abortion-Inducing Medications
It comes after another abortion law gained national attention for banning abortions in Texas after six weeks of pregnancy. TEXAS, United States – This month, a new Texas abortion law gained national attention because it banned abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy. Now there is another bill that has come into force …
OP-ED: The pro-life cause deserves better than Texas law |
The fateful step of the Supreme Court in the judicialization of abortion in 1973 effectively removed it from the political process for almost half a century. The passionate sentiments of Americans on the matter were shifted from legislative disputes (where they belonged) to the makeup of the Supreme Court, resulting in the crass, overtly political, …
Origin Story of the Texas Law That Could Upset Roe v. wade
The road to a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state, bypassing the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade for now, began in a town called Waskom, which has a population of 1,600. The Supreme Court’s decision last week not to interfere with the state’s strict abortion law has drawn outrage …
Lyft and Uber will cover costs for drivers sued under Texas law
NEW YORK — Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft said Friday they would cover the legal costs of any driver sued under the new law banning most abortions in Texas. Texas law prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect heart activity, usually about six weeks and often before women know they are pregnant. Rather than being …
Lyft and Uber will pay for drivers sued under Texas law
Ride-sharing app Lyft will cover 100% of legal costs for drivers sued under Texas’ restrictive new abortion law SB8, which allows individuals to sue someone taking a woman for the now-illegal procedure. What do you want to know Ride-sharing app Lyft announced on Friday that it will cover 100% of legal costs for drivers sued …