Abortion

Three related bills prompted substantial discussions in the Texas House and Senate this year. Two passed.

The Texas House on Thursday passed Senate Bill 33, which aims to prevent local governments from using tax money to support people that leave the state to find abortion care. The bill will need final approval from the state Senate before heading to Gov. Abbott's desk.

Senate Bill 31 comes after reporting found that confusion surrounding Texas' abortion ban had resulted in the deaths of at least two women. The bill needs one more procedural vote before it heads to the governor's desk.

The statue would depict a mother holding an unborn child, funded by private donations.

Abortion is illegal in Texas, but some women are still accessing abortion through mail-order drugs. Senate Bill 2880 aims to crack down on the practice.

The bill gives the state new tools to try to stop the flow of abortion pills, but critics say it's legally dubious on several fronts.

Texas has one of the toughest abortion bans in the nation. And while the number of abortions performed within Texas has plummeted, the overall number of abortions obtained by Texans has actually increased. We look at the state of abortion access after Dobbs and discuss the new book “After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion,” written by law professor David S. Cohen and sociologist Carole Joffe.

Billboard ads luring Texas providers to the north have been placed in Houston and Dallas.

A bill that would apply the same penalties for abortion in Texas as homicide was removed from a committee schedule on Tuesday, likely ending any chance of the proposal passing this legislative session.

The 6-5 vote launched an expedited procurement process that will end with the city council deciding in June which organizations and services receive portions of the $100,000 allocation.