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More than half of men favor Texas' abortion ban, poll shows
Americans are split on Texas’ strict new abortion ban, with roughly equal numbers supporting and opposing it, but women far more likely to disapprove of the law.
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106 restrictions on abortions have become law this year. It’s a record.
Texas, which effectively outlawed most abortions, was not even in the top five states in terms of the number of abortion restrictions enacted, an analysis found.
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After new law, a look inside one of South Texas' last abortion clinics
In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley — one of the poorest regions in the country — getting an abortion was already difficult. Now, it’s nearly impossible.
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Abortion clinics north of Texas are seeing double the number of patients than before state abortion ban
Those who want to end a pregnancy are doing their best to travel beyond state borders in the aftermath of a strict anti-abortion law. Some are succeeding. Many are not.
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The 19th Explains: Will Texas’ six-week abortion ban be blocked by the courts?
The federal government is asking a judge in Texas to block the state’s six-week abortion ban. Its argument could hold up, legal experts say.
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Texas’ governor got a basic fact about pregnancy wrong
When asked why the state’s new abortion restriction doesn’t provide exceptions for rape and incest, his answer misstated what six weeks of pregnancy really means.
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Inside the Republican strategy for rolling out abortion bans in more states
Abortion opponents say they expect Republican-led states to copy Texas’ six-week abortion ban, which so far has withstood legal challenges.
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The Supreme Court refused to block Texas’ abortion ban. Sonia Sotomayor says majority ‘opted to bury their heads in the sand’
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.
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Texas patients may have to travel hundreds of miles for abortion access, out-of-state clinics brace for surge
Texas-based patients put pressure on abortion clinics in other states — and with it demands on abortion funds.
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Even if Texas’ six-week abortion ban is overturned, clinics will close
The strictest abortion restriction in the country is set to go into effect Wednesday. Experts say that even if the law is eventually blocked, the damage will have been done.