Texas Republicans are trying to prevent an abortion bill from being challenged in state courts through a bold language ...

The bill contains many provisions legal experts say are likely unconstitutional, including one that says it can’t be ...

In an appeal filed this week, Maria Rojas’ attorneys accused Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office of a careless investigation ...

Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, was among multiple authors listed on the so-called Texas Heartbeat Act implemented during the Legislature’s 2021 regular session. Besides making abortion illegal after a ...

Since abortion became nearly entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A group of bipartisan ...

A Louisiana judge has ruled that a legal challenge to a first-of-its-kind reclassification of two abortion-inducing drugs as ...

The bill contains many provisions legal experts say are likely unconstitutional, including one that says it can’t be challenged in state court. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

In 2021, when Texas passed an abortion ban enforced through private lawsuits, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sarcastically derided the architects of the law as “some geniuses” who’d ...