Texas Abortion Bill

Judge Strikes Down Key Provisions Of Texas Abortion Law

AP | JIM VERTUNO | Posted 10.30.2011

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked key provisions of Texas' new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion,...

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Abortion Rights Group Takes Texas Sonogram Law To Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 08.31.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Center for Reproductive Rights filed an injunction on Friday against a new Texas law that prevents a woman from getting an abortion ...

Abortion Rights Group Prepares Legal Challenge To New Controversial Texas Law

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Anna M. Tinsley | Posted 07.25.2011

As Gov. Rick Perry touted Texas' new law that requires women seeking abortions to have a sonogram, a national abortion-rights group worked to prepare ...

New Texas Law Mandates Sonograms Before Abortion

Posted 07.19.2011

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry Thursday signed into law a measure requiring women seeking an abortion in the state to first g...

Anti-Abortion Measures Flooding State Legislatures

The Los Angeles Times | Robin Abcarian | Posted 07.08.2011

Energized by Republican gains in the last election and still stinging from the passage of President Obama's healthcare overhaul, conservative lawmaker...

Texas Lawmakers Pass Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2011

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas lawmakers have passed legislation requiring doctors to perform a sonogram before conducting an abortion. The legislation re...

Anti-Abortion Bills Advance In Statehouses Nationwide

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Dozens of bills are advancing through statehouses nationwide that would put an array of new obstacles – legal, financial and ps...

Controversial Abortion Bill Poised To Become Law In Texas

Posted 05.25.2011

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - Women seeking an abortion would have to first get an ultrasound under a measure approved on Thursday by the Texas House of R...

Texas Abortion Bill Sparking National Controversy

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Anna M. Tinsley | Posted 05.25.2011

A Texas proposal sparking national controversy because it would require women to have a sonogram at least 24 hours before an abortion is expected to b...