The U.S. Supreme Court returned the question of the legality of abortion to state legislatures. Texas already passed a law banning abortion.
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 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to certify key questions in the lawsuit to the Supreme Court of Texas.
The docket equalization process moved the case from the left-leaning Third Court of Appeals to the right-leaning Seventh Court of Appeals.
The court also dismissed the Biden administration's lawsuit against Texas over SB 8 by a nearly unanimous decision.
The case only involves some abortion industry actors and a pro-life group, but the pro-choice parties hope the ruling could be "persuasive."
A board member indicated he believed some of the proposed materials would run afoul of state statutes on parental rights.
14 lawsuits against Texas Right to Life were consolidated into one case. Plaintiffs hope for a judgment that could influence a higher court.
The court's order slows Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against Texas Right to Life along with 13 other cases against the pro-life lobbying group.
Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.
The Texas Democrat is giving all of her pay from the special sessions that she largely missed to a Planned Parenthood facility in Denton County.
Pro-life lobbying group Texas Right to Life has become a litigation lightning rod after encouraging private enforcement of the new law.
