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It’s time for the week that was in Texas politics with James Barraganpolitical reporter for The Texas Tribune. Several people are running to overthrow Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but Paxton only seems to worry about one among them: Congressman Louie Gohmert. Paxton took out TV commercials to air in East Texas – Gohmert’s territory. …

A U.S. appeals court transferred a challenge to Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy to the state Supreme Court in a 2-1 vote Monday night. Why is this important: The ruling by the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals means the nation’s most restrictive abortion law can remain in place …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court dealt yet another defeat to opponents of Texas’ strict abortion law on Monday by steering the case to the side of the state’s Republican-majority Supreme Court, making fear that the near total ban on abortion will remain intact for the foreseeable future. The Texas law that bans …

Election officials say a provision in Texas’ new election law, which took effect Dec. 2, violates their First Amendment rights. December 29, 2021Updated: December 29, 2021 11:17 a.m. A poll worker stamps a ballot before depositing it in a secure box at a ballot drop off location on October 13, 2020 in Austin, Texas. Sergio …

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. …

“Going in circles is fair play” may be a good slogan for sport or even for the hustle and bustle of political life, but it is not a way to preserve constitutional order. Progressives should remember this lesson and resist the temptation to emulate the infamous SB8. This bill, in outright disregard of the Supreme …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Friday that abortion clinics can move forward with a challenge to Texas’s ban on most abortions, a move that puts state law in jeopardy although the judges allowed it to remain in force for the time being. In a divided opinion, the court said the head of the …

Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Saying the Supreme Court “let us …

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington on Wednesday evening, June 30, 2021, as the final rulings on the mandate are awaited. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite) (The Hill) – The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for abortion providers to file a federal lawsuit challenging a restrictive Texas law that bans abortion …

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 …

On Wednesday evening, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Texas law regulating how social media companies can moderate content, hours before it goes into effect. Siding with two tech business groups that had sued the law, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman banned Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office from enforcing the measure, which bans large social …

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 …

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 …

Click to enlarge Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal Over 1,000 people gathered at the Statehouse for the National Women’s March focusing on reproductive rights. The planned walk to Goodale Park was changed to a tour around the city center due to the high attendance on Saturday October 2, 2021. A new …

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 …

During yesterday’s pleadings at Whole woman’s health c. Jackson, a majority of Supreme Court justices appeared ready to rule against Texas and allow the SB 8 lawsuit to continue. These developments lead some commentators – including my co-blogger Stephen Sachs – to fear that the Court may come to this conclusion in a manner that …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) – Republican lawmakers in Ohio want to replicate the abortion ban passed in Texas and facing a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court. Bill 480, introduced Tuesday, would allow anyone to sue a doctor who performs an abortion or an individual who “aids or encourages” an abortion. Anyone who performs or …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“Let’s talk about the elephant in the womb.” The anger that had built up over the month of September finally boiled over on Saturday. It started on September 1 with Texas effectively banning abortions using a mechanism that sounds a lot like vigilante justice. Then, just a day later, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to …

Texas lawmakers are looking to carve out two new congressional districts in the Austin and Houston areas, according to a redistribution map proposal released Monday. The map, which was proposed by State Senator Joan Huffman (R), would effectively lock in the Republicans’ long-standing advantage in Texas for another decade, reducing the number of competitive districts …

Reply: Some states have already turned to citizens to enforce the new laws. A Missouri law that came into effect last week allows citizens to sue local law enforcement officials whose officers knowingly enforce federal gun laws. Police and Sheriff departments can face fines of up to $ 50,000 per occurrence. The law has been …

The House passed a law on Friday to guarantee access to abortion nationwide after the Supreme Court earlier this month refused to block a Texas law that bans the procedure in almost all cases. The bill passed along party lines, 218-211, with only one conservative Democrat, Representative Henry Cuellar (Texas), voting against. He is now …

A Florida Republican introduced a bill to ban most abortions, following similar legislation that came into effect earlier this month in Texas. The bill, introduced on Wednesday by State Representative Webster Barnaby, whose district includes Orange City, Fla., Echoes controversial provisions seen in Texas that would ban abortions upon detection of heart activity, normally six …

A Florida lawmaker on Wednesday introduced a bill inspired by the new Texas law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks before many people know they are pregnant. Why is this important: Similar bills introduced in the Florida legislature have failed, but that was before the Supreme Court refused to block …

By the end of the year, Texas may have even more restrictions on the possibility of having an abortion after its Republican Gov. Greg Abbott quietly enacted new restrictions banning the mail order sale of abortion drugs for seven weeks. after the onset of pregnancy. The law prevents providers from prescribing abortion medications more than …

A majority of Americans disapprove of the two key parts of Texas’ law restricting access to abortion, according to a recent Monmouth University poll. The survey conducted earlier this month also found that most disagreed with a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the law, which prohibits abortions when most women realize they are pregnant. , …

A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of new Texas law has been prosecuted, setting up a potential test of the legality of an extreme and near-total ban on the procedure. Former Arkansas and Illinois attorneys filed lawsuits Monday against Dr. Alan Braid, who became the first abortion provider in …

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, …

Sen. Kathleen Passidomo Tuesday clarified her wish for stricter abortion regulations in Florida. “Given the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, we could seek greater protections for life in Florida,” said the Republican from Naples, who is in line be president of the Senate if the Republicans retain a majority in …

The fateful Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in 1973 effectively removed it from the political process for nearly half a century. Americans’ heated feelings on the issue shifted from legislative disputes (where they belonged) to the makeup of the Supreme Court, resulting in the crass, overtly political and circus-like nominating battles that characterized almost …

DALLAS (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott, in defending a virtual abortion ban in Texas, says women and girls who are raped will not be forced to give birth because the new law “provides at least six weeks for that a person is able to have an abortion. But that’s not how pregnancy works. Texas law …

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 …

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 …

Gov. Kristi Noem says she’s asking lawyers in her office to review the state’s abortion laws. The statement comes as the US Supreme Court upholds Texas abortion law, for now. This law prohibits abortion after 6 weeks of gestation. “I have instructed the unborn children’s advocate in my office to immediately review the new Texas …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas law banning an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 2017 law in question has never been applied. It aims to ban the use of forceps to remove a fetus from the uterus without first using …

Lamar Smith (left) is fighting for the redistribution with his longtime colleague Joe Barton. | AP Pictures By JOHN BRESNAHAN 4/4/2011 4:39 AM EDT Update 04/04/2011 4:18 PM EDT 2011-04-04T04: 18-0400 A bitter backstage fight has erupted between Republicans in Texas over the redistribution, pitting Rep. Lamar Smith against his longtime colleague, Rep. Joe Barton. …