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12 lis 2024 · In 2022, Texas enacted a law that prohibits almost all abortions. Chapter 170A of the Texas Health & Safety Code prohibits abortions outright, except in certain narrow circumstances. Section 170A.002 prohibits a person from performing, inducing, or attempting an abortion.
- General Information - Abortion Laws - Texas State Law Library
In 2022, Texas enacted a law prohibiting almost all...
- General Information - Abortion Laws - Texas State Law Library
The legal status of abortion in Texas is due to a trigger law passed in July 2021 that came in effect on August 25, 2022, as a consequence of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade. [12] The law makes no exception for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. [2]
12 lis 2024 · In 2022, Texas enacted a law prohibiting almost all abortions. Texas now has civil and criminal penalties for those who perform an abortion. It is important to note that the person receiving the abortion is rarely at risk for these penalties.
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24 cze 2022 · The nation’s high court has eliminated the constitutional protection for abortion. Clinics in Texas stopped providing the procedure immediately. We’re answering our readers’ questions.
11 paź 2023 · It is still illegal to perform an abortion in Texas, including by dispensing or mailing the abortion-inducing medications mifepristone and misoprostol, in most circumstances.
26 cze 2024 · Several prominent lawsuits have tested aspects of Texas abortion law over the past two years, particularly focusing on what qualifies as a medical emergency that necessitates an abortion. Texas law does not offer a definition — rather, doctors are told to use their “reasonable medial judgment.”
21 cze 2024 · The Texas Medical Board revised its abortion ban guidance, expanding the definition of dangerous pregnancies while specifying that a terminated pregnancy must occur in the uterus to be...