Texas lawsuit could threaten nationwide availability of abortion pill
Medication abortion accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S.
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Medication abortion accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S.
Supporters of abortion rights have filed separate lawsuits challenging abortion pill restrictions in North Carolina and West Virginia.
"Can we truly be free if families cannot make intimate decisions about the course of their own lives?" Harris said in a fiery speech before a crowd of 1,500 people in Florida.
Texas' abortion ban is one of the nation's strictest, allowing no exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
Justice Department also ruled that the USPS may legally deliver abortion drugs in all 50 U.S. states.
The agency said it will remove references on the contraception's packaging that claim, without scientific evidence, that the pill prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the womb.
The court ruled that a private citizen cannot sue abortion providers under S.B. 8 if they are not directly impacted.
With the start of the state's legislative session a little over a month away, lawmakers have filed a number of bills regarding abortion access.
A Texas grand jury has indicted a husband accused of slipping a medicine used for abortions into his wife's drinks in hopes that it would end her pregnancy.
In five states, voters will decide in the midterm elections this November whether to protect the right to abortion or restrict access.
Democrats have put unprecedented resources into making this year's midterm elections a referendum on abortion access.
It's unlikely Democrats, who already hold House and Senate majorities, will win enough seats to do this.
When Texas' new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would get to work eliminating rapes.
In this week's episode of Eye on Politics political reporter Jack Fink explores recent poll numbers in the November elections and an eyebrow raising endorsement in the Texas Lt. Governor's race.
Four area pastors sent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton a warning letter that they may file a lawsuit in 60 days.
Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O'Rourke campaigned in Denton on Wednesday before hundreds of supporters.
Beto O'Rourke held a rally in Denton today, a week after Governor Greg Abbott stopped in the area to campaign himself.
Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke came out swinging over the state law banning abortion, but Republican Governor Greg Abbott is holding his ground.
The majority of Texans oppose the law, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke.
A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the federal government from enforcing a legal interpretation that would require hospitals in the state to provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.
The district says it postponed the fairs to make sure kids were getting age appropriate material, but an internal email suggests other motives may be at play.
This week's episode of Eye on Politics covers the Inflation Reduction Act, the role abortion could play in the November election and a review of CPAC in Dallas.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he will sign a controversial, first-in-the-nation gun control law patterned after a Texas anti-abortion law.
A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was fired after sparring with her union president over abortion and other issues won a $5.1 million jury verdict.
The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that gave some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions.
