78% of Texas voters think abortion should be allowed in some form, UT poll shows
Only 15% of respondents to a recent University of Texas at Austin poll said access to the procedure should be completely outlawed. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/53c5a444e5f98294720e7d0e66bee24e/Abortion%20Rights%20Rally%20SA%20KGB%20TT%2005.jpg)
-
![People gather for an abortion rights rally at the federal courthouse in San Antonio on May 3, 2022.]()
Credit: Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribune -
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. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7bc7f3e2d2eab245f72f23323c99bed7/May%203%20Abortion%20Protest%20REUTERS%20TT.jpg)
![Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022. Demonstrators turned out after a leaked draft opinion obtained by Politico suggested the U.S. Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade.]()
Credit: Allison Bailey via REUTERS -
Texas’ 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. Full Story
Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune -
The Supreme Court draft ruling puts Henry Cuellar in hot seat over abortion votes ahead of runoff election
The tight race between Cuellar, a moderate Democrat who famously opposes abortion, and Jessica Cisneros, a young progressive, represents the most vivid illustration of how the leaked opinion in favor of reversing Roe v. Wade could reshape a number of the fast-approaching runoffs. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/dad26ecc78eab16e10f572aad904b135/Henry%20Cuellar%20House%20Appropriations%20REUTERS%20TT.jpg)
![U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, questions Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2022.]()
Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via REUTERS -
If Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Texas will completely ban abortion
Politico said it obtained a draft Supreme Court majority opinion indicating the landmark abortion ruling will be overturned. Abortion is still legal in Texas up to six weeks of pregnancy. Full Story
Credit: REUTERS/Allison Bailey -
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Texas district attorney offices would become a new battleground
The full and often unchecked power of the prosecutor was on display when a South Texas woman was charged with murder for a self-induced abortion. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9ccccc2f51b761f827cf9fb94d9994f3/Starr%20County%20Abortion%20MGO%20TT%2005.jpg)
![Protesters hold signs outside of the Starr County Jail in Rio Grande City on April 9, 2022. People protested in support of Lizelle Herrera, a woman being held at the jail on a count of murder for allegedly having a self-induced abortion.]()
Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune -
Under Texas’ strict abortion law, McAllen clinic sees patients seeking medication across the border
The law went into effect in September, a week before Mexico’s Supreme Court dissolved a Coahuila state law that made abortion a crime. Now some Texans further along in their pregnancies are going there for abortion-inducing drugs. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c94e041f7a852fbd1b44acca98686c1e/Reproductive%20Services%2021.jpg)
![Members of the McAllen Pregnancy Center pray outside Whole Woman's Health in McAllen on Aug. 21, 2012.]()
Credit: Reynaldo Leal for The Texas Tribune -
Former state Sen. Wendy Davis challenges Texas abortion law in court
Davis is best known for her 13-hour filibuster against another restrictive abortion law in 2013. Now, she’s suing to block enforcement of Texas’ current ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/68ec61714c11155a12f1b93c29befdbb/08%20Wendy%20Davis%20MG%20TT.jpg)
![Former State Senator Wendy Davis attends a rally hosted by abortion advocates in protest of abortion bans being proposed across the country. May 21, 2019.]()
Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune -
Analysis: Texas’ new standard is abortions for those who can afford to leave Texas
The Texas ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy effectively makes abortion illegal for most pregnant people — but not for those who can afford out-of-state travel. Full Story
Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein -
After pursuing an indictment, Starr County district attorney drops murder charge over self-induced abortion
Texas law exempts a pregnant person from being charged with murder or any lesser homicide charge for an abortion. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/3e385530e19a84f50a8a6ada182fc756/Starr%20County%20Abortion%20MGO%20TT%2012.jpg)
![The Starr County Jail in Rio Grande City on Saturday. The District Attorney is dropping the charges against Lizelle Herrera, a woman who was indicted with murder for a "self-induced abortion."]()
Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune -
Oklahoma passes total abortion ban, further limiting options for Texans
After Texas passed a ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, more Texans went to Oklahoma for the procedure than to any other state. Now, in a surprise move, the Oklahoma Legislature is cutting off that option. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c6de3e2e21f09868478f26c1d3ef1c47/OK%20Abortion%20Rights%20NO%20TT%2002.jpg)
![Abortion-rights advocates rally outside of the the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.]()
Credit: Nick Oxford for The Texas Tribune -
Abortion nonprofits say Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain defamed them in “cease-and-desist” letter
Cain has accused the nonprofits of being “criminal organizations” and has ordered them to stop funding abortions in Texas. Lawyers representing the funds are demanding a retraction. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/af8f63e2eb60801ce7c2eaf0a13ad8f7/House%20Floor%20SB7%20May%2030%20MG%20TT%2001.jpg)
![State Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, on the House floor on May 30, 2021.]()
Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune -
Six months in, “no end in sight” for Texas’ new abortion law
The law is having ripple effects as clinics around the country take in Texas patients and more women turn to self-managed abortions. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/3cfd8ed96890c093e6834511c527c887/Oklahoma%20City%20Abortion%20REUTERS.jpg)
![Patient care coordinator Jennifer Reince answers non-stop phone calls while working with patients at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City on Dec. 6, 2021. The clinic was scheduling appointments 3-4 weeks out following Texas' near-total ban on abortion.]()
Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein -
Demand for abortion-inducing medication spiked after Texas’ near-total ban on the procedure
One international nonprofit saw a more than 1,000% increase in requests for the two-drug regimen, which state law prohibits sending through the mail. Full Story
Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein -
Narrow challenge to Texas’ abortion law argued before state Supreme Court
Abortion providers are trying to find a legal avenue that will allow them to directly challenge new restrictions that have effectively banned the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. Full Story
Credit: REUTERS/Allison Bailey -
Anti-abortion lawyers target those funding the procedure for potential lawsuits under new Texas law
Attorneys who helped design Texas’ novel abortion ban have asked a judge to allow them to depose the leaders of two abortion funds, seeking information about anyone who may have “aided or abetted” in a prohibited procedure. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/3f4f90b5c5bec13058ff662611ab6e0a/Trust%20Women%20Oklahoma%20City%20REUTERS.jpg)
![A patient waits to see the doctor prior to her abortion at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City on Dec. 6, 2021.]()
Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein -
Texas tops the nation in teens who give birth multiple times
More than 1 in 6 teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 already had a child. Texas does not require sex education and has the strictest abortion law in the nation. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8b079d38ef4559237d192183da30b945/Teenage%20Pregnancy%20VGC%20TT%2029.jpg)
![Junior Iryanna Rodríguez, 18, is with her nine-month-old daughter Ariyanna Juliett Fuentes at Lincoln Park School in Brownsville on Feb. 16, 2022. The school for students that are pregnant or have had a baby currently has 69 students enrolled.]()
Credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune -
Here’s a look at Justice Stephen Breyer’s legacy on Texas cases
The justice struck down a Texas-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act, wrote the majority opinion in a ruling that stopped abortion restrictions in 2013 and was the swing vote in a case that helped keep a Texas Capitol monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/52228ad7897c34c5e40c18065d1539c2/Stephen%20Breyer%20SCOTUS%20REUTERS%20TT.jpg)
![Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer arrives for the swearing in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2017.]()
Credit: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts -
Planned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock’s abortion ban
The decision, hailed by abortion opponents as a victory, is another indication of how legal protections for abortion have been gutted in Texas. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/86e263943f2b7a9c7e756bbbc1e3edbf/Lubbock%20Abortion%20Vote%20TT%20JR%2020.jpg)
![Lubbock's Planned Parenthood clinic on April 27, 2021.]()
Credit: Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune -
Supreme Court again declines to intervene in challenge to Texas abortion law
The case is currently before the Texas Supreme Court. Abortion providers were hoping the U.S. Supreme Court would reroute the case into federal district court, where a judge had previously blocked the law. Full Story
Credit: REUTERS/Alejandro Alvarez/Sipa USA
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/30f11e7585ae7ae573a7d4c343f03ea8/Abortion%20Rally%2005-19%20EL%20TT%2004)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9d64943a5a8aeb6d7f2ef8071e310e91/SCOTUS%20Abortion%20Ban%20REUTERS%20TT%2001)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/4a04e656f4fd440d7ac853be515fb9a0/Trust%20Women%20Oklahoma%20Clinic%20REUTERS%20TT%2001)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a3143ba87d944fbd1b8081f3653f44ea/Trust%20Women%20Oklahoma%20Clinic%20REUTERS%20TT%2003)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/56737580990b8e366b798679ec66588e/SCOTUS%20Abortion%20Ban%20REUTERS%20TT%2005)