Senate OKs abortion bill
AUSTIN - Senate Republicans Friday pushed through strict new abortions laws, claiming victory in a contentious battle at the Legislature and making Texas one of the toughest states in which to have...
View ArticleTexas passes bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
Texas’ Republican-controlled Senate has voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, ending a high-profile political battle that stirred debate over abortion rights well beyond the state’s...
View ArticleTexas House approves controversial abortion bill
Long-fought legislation to toughen abortion restrictions in Texas moved one step closer to reality late Tuesday. After more than 10 hours of debate, members of the Republican-led House voted 98-49 to...
View ArticleLt. Governor Dewhurst Remarks: Pro-Life Legislation Press Conference (State...
(Source: State of Texas) Post Office Box 12068 Austin, Texas 78711 OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR David Dewhurst FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2013 Lt. Governor Dewhurst Remarks: Pro-Life...
View ArticleAbortion bill marches on in Texas despite protests
The Daily Briefing Some kids get to spend their summers at sleepaway camp. Twelve-year-old Anisha Patel, however, can tell her friends this fall that she spent a few hou... Buckeye Forum Podcast The...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers are back, and so is abortion fight
AUSTIN, Texas -- Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw the...
View ArticleTexas passes one of toughest anti-abortion laws in US
Texas governor Rick Perry to sign off law that bans abortions after 20 weeks after senate approves bill in late-night vote Abortion rights advocates filled the rotunda of the Texas state capitor as...
View ArticleTexas Senate passes new abortion restrictions
The Texas Senate passed sweeping new abortion restrictions late Friday, sending them to Republican Gov. Rick Perry to sign into law after weeks of protests and rallies that drew thousands of people to...
View ArticleTexas Abortion Ban Limits More Than Abortions
Share 0 Republican lawmakers in Texas are hell-bent on passing a bill that will eliminate nearly every abortion clinic in the state. They're probably going to succeed. The filibuster tactic that...
View ArticleDavis closes pro-choice rally with call to 'Rock the boat'
Abortion-rights advocates filled Sunset Station Thursday, when a bus full of demonstrators made a scheduled stop on its statewide tour. The “Stand With Texas Women” bus tour, organized by Planned...
View ArticleTexas Democrats vow fight after abortion limits pass Senate
Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, reacts after the Texas Senate passes a bill restricting abortion Friday. (Eric Gay, The Associated Press) AUSTIN, Texas — Republican lawmakers in Texas passed a bill...
View ArticleAfter divisive debate, Texas Senate approves restrictive abortion measure
July 13, 2013 -- Updated 0553 GMT (1353 HKT) Austin, Texas (CNN) -- A bill that places new restrictions on abortion passed the Texas Senate on Friday after days of debate that galvanized activists...
View ArticleTexas Debate on Abortion Restrictions Draws Thousands to Capitol
Both sides of the abortion debate clashed in competing rallies at the Texas capitol as lawmakers prepared to consider restrictions that might close most of the clinics that perform the procedure....
View ArticleTexas passes abortion restriction bill
Texas' Republican-controlled senate has passed a new abortion restriction bill that would ban pregnancy terminations after 20 weeks, a move Democrats have vowed to fight tooth and nail. Republicans...
View ArticleND JUDGE: STATE RIGHT TO ABORTION BROADER THAN ROE V WADE, RULING COULD...
(Source: Personhood USA) North Dakota Judge Wickham Corwin struck down two abortion regulations Monday, which prohibited medical abortion and required abortion facilities to have hospital-admitting...
View ArticleTexas Senate passes sweeping new abortion restrictions
AP Abortion rights advocates fill the rotunda of the State Capitol as the Senate nears the vote on Friday night AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate passed sweeping new abortion restrictions late Friday,...
View ArticleTexas Legislature opens new special session on abortion issue
AUSTIN, Texas -- In a Capitol crackling with energy from passionate crowds on both sides of the abortion debate, the second special session of the Texas Legislature kicked off Monday with a brief but...
View ArticleTexas Capitol now center of larger abortion battle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of abortion rights activists ensured that the first special legislative session descended into chaos. Now, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has convened a second one and urged...
View ArticleND Judge: State Right To Abortion Broader Than Roe v. Wade, Ruling Could...
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Dakota Judge Wickham Corwin struck down two abortion regulations Monday, which prohibited medical abortion and required abortion facilities...
View ArticleTexas passes abortion bill that bans most terminations after 20 weeks of...
Texas' Republican-controlled Senate has voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, ending a high-profile political battle that stirred debate over abortion rights across the world. The...
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