Earlier this year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bills into law, one which bans abortion after fetal cardiac activity can be detected — only six weeks into pregnancy. It was a devastating blow to Texans, abortion providers, and advocates everywhere, and a frivolous attempt on behalf of anti-abortion […]
Category: Abortion
SB8 (Texas Senate Bill 8) Lawsuit
This past May, Texas Governor Greg Abbott implemented a near total ban on abortion when he signed one of the most restrictive bills in the country into law. Senate Bill 8 (SB8) bans abortion when embryonic cardiac activity can be detected—as early as six weeks—and not only allows others to sue anyone suspected of assisting […]
Self-Managed Medication Abortion: What You Need to Know
Our right to an abortion as we know it is protected by the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade, but as we’ve discussed before, accessing abortion doesn’t look the same for everyone. In fact, Texas has the most cities that are 100 miles or more from an abortion clinic of any state, which means many […]