abortion laws

As the Texas legislative session ends there are new bills passed that could again reshape the state’s access to abortion care. Advocates for reproductive freedom are condemning the passage of Senate Bill 31, The Life of the Mother Act and SB 33, a ban on San Antonio's Reproductive Justice Fund.

The funds could also support other 'downstream' services like STI testing and at-home pregnancy tests. The full council will soon vote on whether to approve the funding.

Before Roe v. Wade was overturned two years ago, the monthly average was around 4,400.

For years now, Texas has banned practically all abortions. There is a medical exception to the ban — and the Texas Medical Board has been tasked with clarifying that exception.

Pressure has mounted on Trump to make his own views on abortion public after the Florida Supreme Court allowed the state's six-week ban on abortion to go into effect.

The state agency is responding to a petition from two attorneys to clear up ambiguity about when emergency abortions are allowed