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Two lawyers filed a petition Tuesday that asks the board to clarify what counts as a medical exception to the state’s abortion laws.
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There was a substantial increase in requests by people who were not pregnant after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision was leaked.
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The Biden administration reminded hospitals of their obligation to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Texas sued, arguing it was an overstep that mandated abortions.
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Elevated Access coordinates small plane pilots with people in need of an abortion. The match-ups are done online. Elevated Access embraces anonymity. The pilots don’t even know the names of their passengers.
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The woman's lawyers had already announced she would leave the state to seek care earlier in the day.
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After a Travis County district judge cleared the way for Kate Cox, 31, to terminate her pregnancy, Ken Paxton petitioned the state’s highest court to halt the ruling.
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"The idea that Miss Cox wants desperately to be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice," Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said after an emergency hearing Thursday.
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The woman's baby has a fatal abnormality, but under Texas law, she has not been able to access an abortion.
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Groups that help Midwesterners pay for abortions have seen a sharp rise in requests for help in 2023. But donations are waning.
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Attorney General Kris Kobach is appealing a state judge’s ruling that has blocked enforcement of multiple abortion restrictions.