On Monday, November 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard two challenges to SB 8, a restrictive abortion law that bans abortion in Texas after six weeks of pregnancy. The arguments expanded across three hours, involving arguments from Judd Stone, Texas’ solicitor general, Marc Hearron, an attorney from the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Elizabeth Prelogar, […]
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Texas SB 8 — Updated Q&A with Austin Women’s Health Center
Part 2: Update On October 6, 2021, a U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked SB 8––a law that bans abortions after six weeks and allows any person to sue a person or organization that provides abortion care or helps someone obtain an abortion––on an administrative stay. However, within two days, the law was reinstated by the […]
What You Need to Know If You’re Traveling Out of State For Abortion Care
Abortion access in Texas has always been extremely restricted, but for the first time since before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in 1973, abortion in Texas has nearly been banned. Senate Bill 8—which went into effect on September 1—bans abortion when cardiac activity can be detected—that can be as early as six weeks, before many […]