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1 dzień temu · Texas abortion bills on the table include proposals to create exceptions for rape and incest. State Rep. Donna Howard of Austin filed two bills ahead of the 2025 legislative session, focused on ...
3 dni temu · One of them, HB 732, would repeal a section of the Texas family code that allows for marriages to be annulled because of impotency. Another Vasut bill would make Texas one of four states that allow “Covenant marriage,” a legal arrangement that has been favored by some conservative Christians — including U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.
12 lis 2024 · HB 395, also filed by Howard, would allow abortions in cases of rape or incest. Six Democrats filed a companion bill for each of these proposals in the Senate. Howard and other Democratic ...
12 lis 2024 · Rep. Cody Vasut, R-Angleton, filed a bill that would eliminate property taxes altogether and create a committee to study “alternative methods of taxation” to replace them. Eliminating all local property taxes would cost the state an estimated $81.5 billion, based on figures presented by the Legislative Budget Board.
12 lis 2024 · On the other side of the issue, Rep. Steve Toth filed HB 1004, which would empower the Texas Attorney General to unilaterally prosecute certain crimes, including election and abortion-related ...
2 mar 2016 · The Texas Attorney General’s Office today delivered oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court for the state’s defense of House Bill 2 (HB 2), the 2013 law passed by the Texas Legislature to improve patient safety and raise the standard of care for women at abortion facilities.
26 cze 2024 · Texas case, which played out in December 2023, the Supreme Court of Texas refused to rule that a specific woman, Kate Cox, could receive an abortion under the state’s emergency medical provision. In its opinion, the court said it was up to doctors, not judges, to exercise medical judgment.
