Texas House moves to expand Medicaid coverage to new moms for a year after childbirth
New moms would be able to maintain their health insurance for up to a year after childbirth under the proposal, which also passed the House last session. The Senate previously reduced it to just six months of coverage.
Some Texas groups resume funding out-of-state abortions after court ruling
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in February, blocking a limited number of prosecutors from going after anyone who helps a Texan travel out of state to terminate a pregnancy. This has given some abortion funds confidence to resume operations.
Federal judge dismisses Wendy Davisโ challenge to Texas abortion ban
Davis, best known for her 13-hour filibuster of a 2013 abortion bill, sought to block the stateโs ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. A federal judge found Davis had not โarticulated a credible, imminent threat.โ
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.
Texas state court throws out lawsuit against doctor who violated abortion law
The courtโs ruling does not overturn the 2021 law, which banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. It also does not impact the near-total ban on abortion that went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Abortion helped Democrats across the U.S. hold off a โred wave.โ Not in Texas.
In conservative Kansas and Kentucky, voters turned out in droves and crossed party lines to support abortion access. In Texas โ where candidates, not issues, were on the ballot โ there was no such surge in support.
Vice President Kamala Harris calls on Texans to protect reproductive and voting rights during Austin visit
In a visit to Texasโ capital, Harris rallied the stateโs voters around protecting reproductive and voting rights at the ballot box next month by keeping Democrats in power in Congress. The topic of immigration was noticeably absent from Harrisโ speeches on Saturday.
How Texasโ abortion laws turned a heartbreaking fetal diagnosis into a cross-country journey
โIt was just a matter of time before the baby died, or maybe Iโd have to go through the trauma of carrying to term knowing I wasnโt bringing a baby home,โ said 27-year-old Lauren Hall. โI couldnโt do that.โ
Delayed: Mandatory maternal mortality rate data wonโt 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 wonโt 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 OโConnorโs 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.
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.
Can adoption replace abortion? Experts say itโs 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.
El aborto es un servicio bรกsico de salud en la Ciudad de Mรฉxico. Sus clรญnicas estรกn disponibles para las estadounidenses.
Las clรญnicas privadas en la Ciudad de Mรฉxico ofrecen abortos a una fracciรณn del precio en Estados Unidos. Tambiรฉn hay clรญnicas y hospitales pรบblicos que ofrecen acceso gratuito al aborto, incluso para personas extranjeras.
Volunteer networks in Mexico aid at-home abortions without involving doctors or clinics. Theyโre coming to Texas.
Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive โaccompanimentโ system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States.
Listen: Abortion is considered basic health care in Mexico City. Its clinics are open to U.S. women.
Private clinics offer abortions at a fraction of the cost in the United States. City public health clinics may be more difficult to navigate but offer abortions free of charge, including for noncitizens.
En Mรฉxico, grupos de voluntarias ayudan a tener abortos en casa, sin personal mรฉdico. Este modelo de aborto ha llegado a Texas.
Antes de que el aborto fuera legal en algunos estados de Mรฉxico, los grupos de โacompaรฑamientoโ establecieron un sistema de apoyo para que las mujeres interrumpieran sus embarazos en casa. Ahora, estos grupos estรกn ayudando a trasladar al norte de la frontera medicamento para abortar y a replicar este modelo en los Estados Unidos.
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.
Linda Coffee argued Roe v. Wade. Now, sheโs 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: โI thought, OK, well this is done now. I was thinking the [abortion] question was settled for as long as the country lasted.โ
The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas abortion clinics a victory in 2016. Then Trump was elected.
In 2016, the Supreme Court blocked onerous regulations that had shuttered half of Texasโ abortion providers. On Friday, the courtโs new conservative majority cited that case in overturning the constitutional protection for abortion.
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 theyโve been dodging for decades.
Abortion restrictions threaten care for pregnant patients, providers say
Womenโs 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.
Ken Paxton, lawyers for parents of trans kids disagree on whether child abuse investigations can continue
Paxton tweeted Friday that investigations into parents of transgender children would continue as a result of his appeal. But the stateโs child welfare agency wonโt confirm the status of the investigations.
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. Fridayโs Texas Supreme Court ruling has effectively ended that federal legal challenge.
Texasโ โmaternity 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.