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Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban

Following ProPublica’s reporting, Republicans acknowledged women were denied care because medical providers were unsure what Texas’ abortion ban allowed. But the new legislation doesn’t remove what doctors say are the biggest impediments to care.

Life of the Mother

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases

The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.

Life of the Mother

Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.

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61 stories published since 2013

Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked

Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

The CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans

Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.

A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.

Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights. GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

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Una mujer de Texas murió después de que el hospital dijera que sería un “delito” intervenir en su aborto espontáneo

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital

Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

The Year After a Denied Abortion

How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.

Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere

Maternal Deaths Are Expected to Rise Under Abortion Bans, but the Increase May Be Hard to Measure

Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.

How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

How Abortion Bans Are Impacting Pregnant Patients Across the Country

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

Minnesota May Chart Its Own Path Dealing With Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban

Here’s What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023

Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google

She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.

“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers

Do U.S. Border Officials Ask Travelers if They’ve Had Abortions?

Are You in a State That Banned Abortion? Tell Us How Changes in Medical Care Impact You.

Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

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