Texas Sonogram Bill

Laura Bassett

Michele Bachmann Proposes Mandatory Ultrasounds For Women Seeking Abortions

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.07.2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) proposed a bill on Thursday that would force women in the early stages of pregnancy ...

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,...

Laura Bassett

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 ...

Laura Bassett

Texas Governor Signs Mandatory Sonogram Bill, Pro-Choice Group Retaliates

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 07.25.2011

Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill on Tuesday that would force Texas women to undergo an ultrasound, hear a detailed description of the fetus an...

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 ...

Texas Republicans Pass "Noodling" Bill

Rachel Farris | Posted 07.20.2011

Rachel Farris

Perhaps, for voters, this will be a lesson learned. From fishing to the Texas legislature, it's not the size of your noodle but how you use it.

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...

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...

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...