reproductive rights

Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

Also, a new app using trained AI aims to predict risks during pregnancy. Both the report and the app highlight consistent concerns over equitable access to health care.

In most circumstances, it is illegal to perform an abortion in Texas. The solution for many is to travel out of Texas and to a state where abortion is still legal.

The temporary injunction also puts state-mandated counseling and a new abortion pill 'reversal' law on hold.

“These laws have a significant chilling effect,” said Elizabeth Sepper, a University of Texas law professor. “They strike fear into the hearts of people who are trying to leave the state for totally legal and medically appropriated abortions in other states where abortion is available.”

Cochran County commissioners meet Thursday to discuss the ban. Abortion-rights supporters say the bans are unenforceable and meant to stoke fear.

New research estimates Kansas saw one of the most significant increases in abortions in the country, driven by a surge in patients from nearby states.

Abortion providers are suing over a handful of new and old abortion restrictions they say violate Kansans’ right to abortion. Attorney General Kris Kobach says the rules are necessary.

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.

During a two-day hearing, four women gave testimony on their experiences being denied abortions amid serious pregnancy complications.