LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas on Wednesday sued the federal government in Lubbock, challenging a privacy law that the state said is meant to stop enforcement of abortion laws and restrictions on gender ...

In the first challenge to new reproductive health privacy rules issued this year by the Biden-Harris administration, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued HHS in federal court, claiming that ...

Texas sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a new rule that seeks to protect the privacy of women living in states that ban abortion who travel out of state for the procedure.

WASHINGTON — As states move to restrict abortion after the reversal of Roe vs. Wade, travel times and costs are expected to dramatically increase for Texans seeking out-of-state abortions ...

Texas has sued to block federal rules that prohibit investigators from viewing the medical records of women who travel out of state to seek abortions where the procedure is legal.

However, it found that H.B. 1280 does not regulate out-of-state abortions, and therefore, Paxton would have no authority to prosecute Plaintiffs for funding or assisting out-of- state abortions.

The lawsuit in Texas comes as abortion restrictions elsewhere in the U.S. continue to face challenges. On Monday, an Iowa judge temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after ...

It is the same legal mechanism Texas used to enact a strict abortion law in 2021 before the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state last year to ban nearly all abortions entirely.

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies ...

Although Texas has banned nearly all abortions, providing the procedure in cases of ectopic pregnancies is allowed under state law Kelly Rissman Monday 12 August 2024 21:58 BST ...

Women who sued Texas after being denied abortions despite serious risks to their health are asking a court to step in and clarify the law and exceptions.