It’s still unclear what the Biden administration can do to mitigate the law’s impact — beyond using the bully pulpit.
Disasters like Ida increase the risk of sexual, domestic and gender-based violence, which disproportionately affects women, girls and LGBTQ+ people.
Abortion opponents say they expect Republican-led states to copy Texas’ six-week abortion ban, which so far has withstood legal challenges.
Defense attorneys say there’s a history of criminal convictions over abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth that will only be exacerbated if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Planned Parenthoods have long provided hormones, cancer screenings and some of the only gender-affirming care in parts of Texas. If they close, LGBTQ+ people could have few options.
In separate dissents, Justices Sotomayor and Elena Kagan used strong language to decry 5-4 Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’ six-week abortion ban to continue.
The bill was finalized hours before a law banning nearly all abortions in the state went into effect.
Texas-based patients put pressure on abortion clinics in other states — and with it demands on abortion funds.
At Whole Woman’s Health in Fort Worth, it was a race to perform as many abortions as possible until midnight, when a new Texas ban on the procedure became law.
A federal judge has halted enforcement of Texas' law, which effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.