Several states with near-total abortion bans have introduced legislation seeking to make their medical exceptions clearer ...

But the proposal is still a pivot for Texas Republicans, who for years have defended the law as written in the face of legal challenges ... in Texas is that abortions are illegal," said Dennard ...

But the proposal is still a pivot for Texas Republicans, who for years have defended the ban as written in the face of legal challenges ... though most abortions in that state remain illegal.

“What is broadly now known among practicing physicians in Texas is that abortions are illegal ... of defending the ban in the face of legal challenges, while some abortion-rights supporters ...

But the proposal is still a pivot for Texas Republicans, who for years have defended the ban as written in the face of legal challenges ... though most abortions in that state remain illegal.