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‘Feels like a gut punch’: Texas rejects challenge from women denied life-saving emergency abortions

Women who endured life-threatening pregnancies urged the state to clarify exemptions to abortion bans

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court upholds abortion ban

"It’s sickening and wrong," lead plaintiff Amanda Zurawski said following the decision

Salon

Texas supreme court rejects challenge to abortion ban over medical exceptions

Court rules unanimously on challenge from over 20 women who say they were denied medically necessary abortions

The Guardian - US

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Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws

The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough.

The Texas Tribune

Anti-abortion doctor appointed to Texas maternal death review committee

Dr. Ingrid Skop, an influential anti-abortion advocate, will now be reviewing maternal deaths for the state.

The Texas Tribune

Texas woman denied abortion decries ‘cruelty’ of Trump 15-week ban proposal

Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died waiting for procedure, says Trump will inflict ‘chaos’ in remarks released by Biden camp

The Guardian - US

On the SOTU guest list: immigration, IVF and abortion - Roll Call

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are making the most of the State of the Union attendee list to get their point across.

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Harris attacks Trump over Roe v Wade at first campaign rally with Biden

Vice-president appeared Tuesday in Virginia with president, who warned ‘Maga Republicans … are hellbent on going even further’

The Guardian - US

Biden kicks off reelection push with singular goal: Restore Roe - Roll Call

Democrats herald abortion rights as a centerpiece of 2024 campaign season, with Biden, Harris emphasizing issue at a rally in Virginia.

Roll Call

Texas 2023: Year in Photos

Texas photojournalists fanned the state, capturing historic news and intimate moments.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Medical Board remains silent on abortion laws, despite calls for more guidance

The Texas Supreme Court has asked the licensing board to offer doctors guidance on how to interpret the medical exception to the state’s abortion ban. Some doctors say that wouldn’t be enough reassurance.

The Texas Tribune

Kate Cox case reveals toll of US abortion bans on women in medical emergencies

Lawsuits from women denied the procedure despite health risks shows how bans don’t allow for complexities of pregnancy

The Guardian - US

Kate Cox’s ‘hellish’ experience reveals the reality of Texas’s abortion exceptions

The legal fight between Kate Cox and Texas courts over her medical emergency underscores the need for states to quickly clarify their sweeping anti-abortion laws Ariana Baio and Kelly Rissman report

The Independent UK

The women who made painful choices challenge Texas’s severe abortion ban

The state supreme court will consider arguments from 20 women who say they were denied medically necessary abortions

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The Texas Tribune

A unique Texas legal rule lets the attorney general’s office supersede some judges’ orders

Lawyers criticize a provision they say erodes the separation of powers between Texas’ executive branch and its courts. It’s been used repeatedly this year as Texans try to block new state laws from going into effect.

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To expand abortion access in Texas, a lawmaker gets creative

Starting Sept. 1, limited abortion care will be legal in Texas in two pregnancy circumstances. Getting that through the conservative Texas legislature required "masterful and discreet" lawmaking.

The Texas Tribune

Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions

State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.

The Guardian - US

Texas women give harrowing testimony on impact of extreme abortion ban

Women tell court about experience of carrying life-threatening pregnancies because of restrictive law with few exemptions

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‘Not just difficult, it’s excruciating:’ Texas women take stand at abortion hearing

AUSTIN, Texas — The room went cold during Samantha Casiano’s 20-week anatomy scan for her fifth pregnancy. The ultrasound tech, previously bubbly and talkative, went silent. Something was wrong, Casiano recounted in a Travis County court Wednesday.

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Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: 'There was no mercy'

Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.

The Independent UK

Texas women suing over anti-abortion law give heartbreaking testimony in landmark case. The stress causes one to vomit on the stand

One plaintiff who was denied an abortion after her daughter was diagnosed with anencephaly became ill on the witness stand as she detailed her harrowing pregnancy, Alex Woodward reports

The Texas Tribune

Tearfully testifying against Texas’ abortion ban, three women describe medical care delayed

The women, believed to be the first to testify about an abortion ban’s impact on their pregnancy since 1973, are seeking to clarify when a medical emergency justifies an abortion.

Salon

TX woman: I nearly died on Cruz's watch

Amanda Zurawski is one of five women suing the state over its aggressive abortion laws

The Independent UK

Abortion hearing witness confronts senators Cruz and Cornyn over her near-death ‘on their watch’

‘I nearly died on their watch’

Roll Call

Senate panel airs fallout from Supreme Court abortion decision - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee explored the aftermath of last year’s Supreme Court decision that overturned a right to an abortion.

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