The 28-year-old lawyer came close to defeating nine-term incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas in 2020. This year, Cisneros said she ‘owed it to the folks here to try it one more time.’
The Food and Drug Administration has moved to make the method more available even as states pass laws to restrict access.
Florida's legislature has passed one such ban, and similar bills are moving in two other states. They offer one roadmap for the future of abortion policy.
Providers in neighboring states are struggling to treat all the Texans traveling for abortions — and they still don’t know what the future holds.
The White House vowed last October to pass laws that would maintain abortion protections. But so far, the administration has made little progress.
Advocates and physicians worry state legislation on medication abortion will also impact the availability of non-surgical treatment for miscarriage.
In the 49 years since the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, lawmakers have attempted to both shore up abortion rights and to overturn the decision — all while abortion transformed national politics.
Abortion providers had asked the court to send the case back to a federal district court in Austin. The court’s refusal means Texas’s law will now be deliberated by the state supreme court.
The landmark Supreme Court decision made legal abortion a protected right. With the court poised to overturn that ruling, The 19th spoke to people involved in all aspects of the abortion rights battle to understand its impact.
NARAL said Tuesday that it will back only candidates who work to pass voting rights, and Emily’s List says it won’t support Sen. Kyrsten Sinema if she doesn’t get behind changing Senate rules.