abortion access

Texas' Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board voted to table the approval of an emergency rule related to Gov. Kevin Stitt's recent anti-abortion executive order, which asked the agency to take certain actions regarding provider contracting.

Stitt and other Republican governors argue that drug discounts can be used to support abortion services indirectly.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took action on 14 bills Wednesday, signing all but one into law. Among those signed were measures aimed at increasing access to ivermectin and allowing private citizens to sue out-of-state abortion pill prescribers.

Repro46, a group educating Oklahomans on reproductive health care amid the state's abortion ban, hosted free screenings of the documentary Zurawski v Texas in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Letitia James, New York's attorney general, said Texas has no authority to "impose its cruel abortion ban here."

New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds.

A reproductive health advocate called it a "direct attack" on Planned Parenthood and its ability to participate in Oklahoma Medicaid.

Across the 18 states that have banned or tightly restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, questions have persisted over when doctors can perform abortions in medical emergencies.

On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released his official proclamation announcing a special legislative session. Texas lawmakers will be back in Austin starting on July 21. The session, which originally looked like it would focus on regulating THC, now includes several emergency preparedness topics.