Insiders say Abilene's city attorney has cautioned the mayor about the proposed ban, a common trend among even the reddest Texas towns.
The local ban passed by a citywide vote after the council, wary of litigation, rejected it. Now, it's weathered a Planned Parenthood lawsuit.
The docket equalization process moved the case from the left-leaning Third Court of Appeals to the right-leaning Seventh Court of Appeals.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments today over where the last major challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act should proceed.
Complying with a request from Lina Hidalgo, county analysts have recommended using federal COVID-19 relief funds to directly pay for abortions or ancillary services.
The court also dismissed the Biden administration's lawsuit against Texas over SB 8 by a nearly unanimous decision.
This week — Gov. Abbott says that an agency is poised to classify child gender procedures as child abuse, Texas’ abortion trigger ban readies ahead of a Supreme Court decision, and open legislative seats are listed.
Texas pregnancy centers are stretched with increases in client visits of over 30 percent since the Heartbeat Act took effect.
Texas Right to Life called the lawsuits — both by disbarred lawyers seeking a declaration against the Heartbeat Act — "imprudent."
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Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves said the same standard that allows tribal use of peyote should allow Satanic use of abortion-inducing drugs.
The dating app company Bumble started a relief fund to aid abortions in Texas. It may or may not be legal under the Heartbeat Act.
