Ten days after Lubbock took the same action, its northward neighbor Abernathy passed a local law banning abortions in town limits.
The bill's path looks clear, though the House slowed its momentum by leaving the Senate version in committee.
Heartbeat legislation bans abortions after a heartbeat can be detected, typically occurring around 6 to 12 gestational weeks.
Attorneys, local politicians, Planned Parenthood, and ordinance herald Mark Lee Dickson chime in on the landmark vote.
The measure passed overwhelmingly. It allows the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists and those who aided the procedure.
The Texas House meets today to debate nearly 250 amendments to the state budget. Here's a preview of what to expect.
If passed into law, the bill would ban abortions when a heartbeat can be heard in the womb. Lawmakers diverge on how to enforce it.
One omnibus bill combines a current abortion ban of unborn children with detectable heartbeats and a future ban if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
The small town’s all-female city commission voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance, which empowers the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists.
The town opted to outlaw abortion within its city limits by a unanimous vote.
The extension is a temporary restraining order against the state, though a more lasting ruling is expected in the coming week.
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast compared the congregation, which prays outside their facility every month, to the U.S. Capitol rioters.
“It is appalling that such a large number of abortion surgical centers are located within walking distance of minority communities,” said Shaheen.
A years-long legal battle was set to remove Planned Parenthood from the state's list of Medicaid providers just yesterday.
The measure would also let insurance companies cover non-emergency abortions under their regular plans, which have been banned since 2017.
The ordinance holds the abortion provider — not the mother — liable to the living relatives of the aborted child.
Months after an appeal was filed by Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that a Fifth Circuit opinion upholding Abbott's emergency abortion ban be vacated.
Abortion providers have called the requirement an undue burden since it could send a woman seeking abortions on two trips to the clinic.
Texas’ health department released new data showing that both total abortions and the number of infants born after failed abortions increased in 2019.
The Ackerly City Council voted unanimously last night to ban abortion in city limits. Lubbock and Odessa may do the same.
