Judge in Texas sounds sympathetic to efforts to pull Mifepristone from market – round-up

Protesters denounce ‘kangaroo court’ after high-stakes Texas abortion pill hearing Organizers encouraged protesters to don kangaroo costumes in a denunciation of what they view as bogus legal claims before a highly ideological judge known for his anti-abortion views. Jaime Cruz, 23, heeded the call, arriving in costume and with a gavel in hand. “What’s going … Read more

Texas judge weighs whether to order an abortion pill off the market in high-stakes hearing

“There’s never really been a case challenging the FDA approval of a drug in this way, when the science is so clear and it’s been on the market for so long and it’s so clearly safe,” said Cat Duffy, a policy analyst at the National Health Law Program, which works to protect abortion access. *** … Read more

Anti-abortion judge tries to keep hearing a secret. The case is whether to take to take mifepristone off the market

Trump-Appointed Judge Tries To Keep Hearing In Major Abortion Pill Case Secret A day later, the Washington Post confirmed that Kacsmaryk had scheduled a hearing in secret, only planning to reveal its existence to the public at the last minute, reportedly reasoning that the short notice might dissuade protesters from showing up. He’d told the … Read more

Republicans push wave of bills that would bring homicide charges for abortion

The bills have been introduced in states such as Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Some explicitly target medication abortion and self-managed abortion; some look to remove provisions in the law which previously protected pregnant people from criminalization; and others look to establish the fetus as a person from the point of conception. Read … Read more

Friends sued in Texas for allegedly helping woman obtain abortion pills

Three in Texas sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping woman obtain abortion pills Three women in Texas have been sued for wrongful death over allegations that they helped a friend obtain abortion pills to receive an abortion, the first case of its kind since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June. Read … Read more

Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics — until a dad sued

In his opinion, Kacsmaryk agreed, writing that “the use of contraception (just like abortion) violates traditional tenets of many faiths, including the Christian faith plaintiff practices.” Moreover, Kacsmaryk, who is a Christian, said the existence of federal clinics operating in Texas, where state law otherwise requires parental permission for teenage girls to receive contraception, posed … Read more

To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to ‘escape’ Texas for abortion procedure

There, she had another ultrasound. Baby A looked fine, but the scan of Baby B was “heartbreaking,” she says. There were more concerning signs: an incomplete abdominal wall, indications of heart abnormalities, and the cystic hygromas had grown larger. The doctor had trouble getting the tissue sample for the diagnostic test. After multiple attempts, Miller … Read more

These Texas DAs refused to prosecute abortion. Republican lawmakers want them stopped

The newest battle centers on criminal district attorneys in Texas’ big cities, who are mostly Democrats. Some of these chief prosecutors have told their communities they will use their inherent discretion and not zealously pursue criminal cases against women who seek abortions or families who obtain gender-affirming health care for their children. (Several later said … Read more