There are three major cases currently challenging the new Texas law, all taking up different arguments. Any one of them could reach the Supreme Court. Here’s how.
The Department of Health and Human Services responds to the state's abortion law with an investment in contraception access.
Plaintiffs in the suit against the new Texas law banning the majority of abortion care are asking the Supreme Court to hear the opposition’s side of the case.
Senate Bill 8 has eroded abortion access in Texas. But desperate patients are still showing up to clinics seeking emotional support — and sometimes, out-of-state options.
Texas is one of 37 states that requires parental consent for abortion. If minors can’t get that, they have to go through a legal process that means most would miss the six-week deadline.
Nearly half of the doctors at one of the state’s biggest providers stopped working after Texas’ new law went into effect. The law has created a chilling effect for some abortion care services.
It’s still unclear what the Biden administration can do to mitigate the law’s impact — beyond using the bully pulpit.
It’s yet another way the nation’s patchwork approach on family policy reinforces and perpetuates inequities.
The HPV vaccine's bumpy rollout in 2006 carries a cautionary tale about messaging for parents.
When anti-abortion laws built around the premise of women’s health failed in court, legislators turned their focus to personhood and the fetus.