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The Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), is an act of the Texas Legislature that bans abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, which normally occurs after about six weeks of pregnancy.
1 wrz 2021 · A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court failed to rule on pending emergency...
However, on September 1, 2021, the US Supreme Court declined to block a Texas fetal heartbeat law, which virtually eliminates access to abortion services in Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB8 into law on May 19, 2021, with an effective date of September 1, 2021.
On December 10, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in this case, refusing to block Texas’s unconstitutional abortion ban and vigilante scheme that has denied Texans their constitutional right to abortion and ended most abortion access in the state.
11 gru 2021 · The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Texas abortion law, that bars the procedure after the first six weeks of pregnancy, can remain in place, but the justices said that abortion providers had...
1 wrz 2021 · Separate legislation in Texas focused solely on medication abortion has been sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. The bill would limit patients’ ability to obtain abortion-inducing drugs and ban the pills from being mailed anywhere in the state. What does this mean for miscarriages?
1 wrz 2021 · The Texas law, passed in May, bans all abortions in the state after about six weeks of pregnancy — well before many women even know they are pregnant. The policy conflicts with the Supreme...
