abortion rights

Prop A is a criminal justice reform city charter amendment, but its length and the heated debate about it may make it hard to sort fact from fiction.

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's abortion decision, a student group at Texas A&M that promoted abortion rights has seen its membership plummet, while an anti-abortion group is thriving.

Councilmembers Perry, Pelaez, and Courage abstained from the ministerial vote that was required following the city clerk’s verification of more than 20,000 signatures endorsing the criminal justice reform city charter amendment.

The case, filed in Amarillo, challenges the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone.

Roe attested that people who could become pregnant in the United States had a fundamental right to choose whether to have abortions.

An NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans say Supreme Court justices are guided more by their politics than the law, and that lawmakers aren't deciding abortion policy based on public sentiment.

Under the resolution, the council made the right to abortion access an official stance of the City of San Antonio. While it changed nothing in state law and does not make abortion legal in San Antonio, it does recommend – but stops short of mandating – that city funds not be used in investigating, reporting, or storing data about abortions.

The ruling Friday night exposes abortion providers to fines and lawsuits even before the state’s trigger law goes into effect.

Abortion rights activists and supporters gathered at the Bexar County Courthouse on Saturday morning for a rally and a march, two weeks after a leaked draft opinion indicated the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Rallies took place across the country Saturday aimed at condemning efforts in states like Texas that are passing laws severely curtailing access to abortion.