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Gov. Abbott to abortion opponents: โ€œAll of you are life saversโ€

Abbott lauded the efforts of the anti-abortion movement after a landmark year for opponents of the procedure.

In Texasโ€™ first post-Roe legislative session, thereโ€™s a new political power dynamic on abortion

While Democrats and the far-right edge of the Republican Party remain focused on abortion, leaders in both chambers have not yet spent much time discussing the issue this session.

After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

New Texas maternal mortality report shows disparities persist

The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee report, delayed by more than three months, estimates that up to 90% of the deaths may have been preventable. Severe complications from pregnancy and childbirth also increased significantly.

Rio Grande Valley abortion clinic bought by anti-abortion pregnancy center

Whole Womanโ€™s Health, which owned the building for nearly two decades, said they were โ€œdupedโ€ after the doctors who bought the building sold it to the McAllen Pregnancy Center.

As abortion access evaporates, many Texans arenโ€™t able to find care, new studies show

Several new studies show that not everyone denied access to abortions in Texas can travel out of state, but more people than ever before are seeking ways to self-manage abortions with medication at home.

Texas Supreme Court weighs whether to dismiss abortion fundsโ€™ defamation case against anti-abortion activist

Several abortion funds have sued anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson, who called them โ€œcriminal organizations,โ€ for defamation.

Abortion rights supporters struggle to keep issue top of mind for Texas voters

Polling shows that a majority of voters in Texas oppose the stateโ€™s near-total ban on abortion, but they ranked the topic ninth on a list of most important issues facing the country.

Attorney General Ken Paxton ordered to testify in abortion lawsuit after evading subpoena

A federal judge who previously quashed the subpoena ruled that the attorney general must take the witness stand in a lawsuit from abortion funds.

A Texas congresswoman wants to make cancer care easier for the growing number of female veterans

U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, hopes the pilot program will help female veterans get better access to cancer care.

Watch a panel on Roe v. Wade at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

Ana Marie Cox moderates a conversation about womenโ€™s health, womenโ€™s rights and an uncertain future with former state Sen. Wendy Davis, state Rep. Donna Howard and Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson.

Watch Cecile Richards speak at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival

The former president of Planned Parenthood on the end of Roe v. Wade and the fight for gender equity.

How Texasโ€™ abortion laws turned a heartbreaking fetal diagnosis into a cross-country journey

โ€œIt was just a matter of time before the baby died, or maybe Iโ€™d have to go through the trauma of carrying to term knowing I wasnโ€™t bringing a baby home,โ€ said 27-year-old Lauren Hall. โ€œI couldnโ€™t do that.โ€

Delayed: Mandatory maternal mortality rate data wonโ€™t be ready for Texas lawmakers in time for 2023 session

Lawmakers say they need the latest pregnancy-related death data to more precisely address the problem during the legislative session. But delays means they wonโ€™t see it until after the session ends.

Religious employers need not cover PrEP in their health plans, federal judge rules

U.S. District Judge Reed Oโ€™Connorโ€™s ruling could threaten access to sexual and reproductive health care for more than 150 million working Americans on employer-sponsored health care plans. The ruling will likely be appealed.

Video: As San Antonio abortion clinic closes, its director worries about who is left behind

In August, movers arrived at Alamo Womenโ€™s Reproductive Services to help the abortion clinic pack up for a move out of state.

Video: Acompaรฑantes en Mรฉxico ayudan a realizar abortos en casa. Su red de apoyo se expande a Texas.

En algunos estados de Mรฉxico, donde el aborto todavรญa no es legal, redes de acompaรฑantes proveen medicamento y apoyo emocional para que las personas puedan realizar abortos en casa. Debido a que el acceso al aborto en Texas es cada vez mรกs limitado, estas redes estรกn comenzando a formarse en Estados Unidos.

Watch: Volunteer acompaรฑantes in Mexico aid at-home abortions. Their network is expanding to Texas.

In parts of Mexico where abortion has not been legalized, women rely on volunteer networks to provide medication and emotional support for at-home abortions. As access to abortion is shut down in Texas, similar networks are being built in the U.S.

Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine

Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield.

Abortion-rights groups sue Texas AG, prosecutors to protect ability to help pregnant Texans seek legal abortions in other states

The suit comes two days before the stateโ€™s newest abortion ban, triggered by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, goes into effect.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joins other key Republicans in supporting repealing the โ€œtampon taxโ€

Advocates have previously called for repealing the sales tax on products like tampons, sanitary pads and pantyliners. Menstrual products are already tax-free in 24 states.

Not 1925: Texasโ€™ law banning abortion dates to before the Civil War

The restriction, which was revived after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, was put in place amid concerns about declining white birth rates and as the medical profession formalized.

Can adoption replace abortion? Experts say itโ€™s a lot more complicated than it sounds

Experts on adoption and abortion say lawmakers must work to provide financial and mental health support to birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees in order to make the adoption process a better option for those with unwanted pregnancies.

Period equity expands in Texas as Austin schools provide free pads and tampons

The school district joins a national movement to provide equal access to period supplies.

State, feds say six-month maternal Medicaid coverage still under review

HHSC said it was initially told the plan was โ€œnot approvable.โ€ Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texasโ€™ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review.

Texas universities grapple with how to provide reproductive health care information to students amid new abortion laws

The changing legal landscape is raising questions for public colleges about how to talk to students about reproductive health care options and creating hesitancy among students about whether they can trust their universitiesโ€™ health centers.

Texas Democrats to Biden: Protect out-of-state providers who prescribe abortion-inducing medication

The request for a public health emergency declaration was part of a set of recommendations to allow abortion access to Texans who might not be able to travel out of state.

Texas hospitals are putting pregnant patients at risk by denying care out of fear of abortion laws, medical group says

Medical professionals across the state have expressed confusion over what care they can provide amid Texasโ€™ abortion ban, leading to some patients allegedly receiving delayed care or being turned away.

Texas sues after Biden administration issues guidance saying doctors can perform abortions in emergencies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues the Biden administration is violating the stateโ€™s โ€œsovereign interestโ€ by reassuring the nationโ€™s doctors they can perform abortions in medical emergencies.

Linda Coffee argued Roe v. Wade. Now, sheโ€™s watching its demise.

Coffee was just 30 when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with her argument that the constitutional right to privacy extended to abortion: โ€œI thought, OK, well this is done now. I was thinking the [abortion] question was settled for as long as the country lasted.โ€

Facing higher teen pregnancy and maternal mortality rates, Black women will largely bear the brunt of abortion limits

About 40% of women who get abortions in the U.S. are Black, and advocates say abortion bans like Texasโ€™ will increase their health and financial risks.

Texas nurses say ban on abortion is merely the start of the health problems women will face

Health workers caring for pregnant women now face a bewildering array of legal questions.

Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans

Itโ€™s unclear whether Texasโ€™ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services.

Local efforts to decriminalize abortion in Texas likely wonโ€™t help clinics stay open

District attorneys and local leaders in five counties have promised not to pursue criminal charges related to the stateโ€™s new abortion laws. But civil and administrative fines could be financially devastating or cost health care providers their licenses.

โ€œI canโ€™t have one more baby with this manโ€: Some domestic violence victims see abortion as vital option that would be lost post-Roe

Advocates say abortion has often been the safest option for many experiencing intimate partner violence.

Texas GOP platform calls for ban on teaching โ€œsexual matters,โ€ while requiring students to learn about โ€œdignity of the preborn humanโ€

The party planks specify what the Texas GOP believes students should and should not be taught in the classroom about gender and sex, signaling further shifts to the right. Critics say such policies would be harmful and discriminatory.

A Texas abortion clinic survived decades of restrictions. The Supreme Court may finally put it out of business.

Abortion clinics, and the patients they serve, have always had to adapt to changing laws and tightening restrictions. But the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver the fatal blow theyโ€™ve been dodging for decades.

Abortion restrictions threaten care for pregnant patients, providers say

Womenโ€™s health care providers are holding back when counseling pregnant patients about treatment options, doctors report pharmacists are hesitant to distribute some prescriptions, and OB-GYN training is diminishing for Texas medical school students.

Watch: Abortion rights supporters protest leaked draft opinion indicating Roe v. Wade will be overturned

In this video, see what abortion rights supporters in Texas say about the impact of a likely U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Abortion remains legal in Texas, but confusion reigns after Supreme Court document leak

Providers, advocates and doctors spent much of the day Tuesday reassuring people that the procedure remains legal until the high court issues an official opinion overturning it.

Texasโ€™ restrictive abortion law previews a post-Roe America

Pregnant Texans have found ways to access abortion despite the restrictions, while clinics have pivoted their operations to focus on out-of-state care.

Texas Supreme Court deals final blow to federal abortion law challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court left abortion providers only the narrowest avenue to challenge the ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Fridayโ€™s Texas Supreme Court ruling has effectively ended that federal legal challenge.

After nearly dying of COVID-19, a Texas mom encourages pregnant women to get vaccinated

The COVID vaccine is proven safe during all stages of pregnancy, and pregnant patients are at an increased risk of getting seriously ill if they contract the virus. Still, many pregnant women hesitate.

Texasโ€™ โ€œmaternity desertsโ€ grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units

Only 40% of Texasโ€™ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely.

Sarah Weddington, lawyer in Roe v. Wade case, dies at 76

Weddington was just 26 when she argued the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in her first appearance before the high court.

Texas now bans medical abortions after seven weeks of pregnancy

Beginning today, a new law restricts abortion-inducing medication, the most common abortion method in Texas.

Texas abortion funds struggle to meet demand for out-of-state abortion assistance

But some Texas nonprofit groups dedicated to paying for the medical costs of abortion say they have more money than patients to give it to โ€” a likely symptom of fewer people being able to access the procedure because of the new law.

Fewer patients, smaller staff, an uncertain future: abortion providers await court decision on Texas law

For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court's review.

WATCH LIVE: House Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Texas abortion ban impacts

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning will hold a hearing on Texasโ€™ ban on most abortions and how it has impacted families.

Video: South Texans adapt to near-total abortion ban with Plan B pills and trips out of state

In South Texas, poverty and immigration status compound the obstacles facing pregnant people seeking abortions.

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