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31 paź 2024 · Current Law. Texas had already put its six-week abortion ban, known as Senate Bill 8, into effect before the Dobbs decision. However, this ruling led to even stricter regulations.
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.
15 cze 2023 · The first part of this report covers four common types of laws that have passed to restrict abortion access: near-total abortion bans; laws with enforcement mechanisms, including criminal...
10 gru 2021 · A Texas judge on Thursday ruled that the state's controversial law restricting abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy violates the Texas Constitution, saying it should not be enforced...
11 lip 2022 · One state abortion ban that has already been tested in courts — and so far prevailed — is a Texas law known as Senate Bill 8. It took effect last fall and relies not on the government but on...
4 wrz 2021 · The state’s Senate Bill 8, one of the most restrictive abortion bans to be signed into law, bans all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy — including in cases of rape and incest — and allows...
2 wrz 2021 · In an unsigned ruling backed by a narrow 5-4 majority, the court justices allowed a Texas law banning all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to go into effect.
