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Texas Abortion Statutes, Bills, and Related Materials

Texas Heartbeat Act Litigation

News Articles

Claire Cain Miller et al., Abortions Fell by Half in Month After New Texas Law, The New York Times (Oct. 29, 2021).
Kari White et al., Research Brief: Initial Impacts of Texas' Senate Bill 8 on Abortions in Texas and at Out-of-State Facilities, Texas Policy Evaluation Project (Oct. 2021).
Margot Sanger-Katz et al., Most Women Denied Abortions by Texas Law Got Them Another Way, The New York Times (Mar. 6, 2022).
Kari White et al., Research Brief: Out-of-State Travel for Abortion Following Implementation of Texas Senate Bill 8, Texas Policy Evaluation Project (Mar. 2022).
María Méndez & Eleanor Klibanoff, What the End of Roe v. Wade Would Mean for Texas’ Past, Current and Future Abortion Laws, Texas Tribune (May 4, 2022).
Zach Despart, Businesses that Help Employees Get Abortions Could be Next Target of Texas Lawmakers if Roe v. Wade is Overturned, Texas Tribune (May 23, 2022).
Cayla Harris, Texas' Top Political Leaders React to Roe v. Wade Reversal, Houston Chronicle (June 24, 2022).
Eleanor Klibanoff, U.S. Supreme Court Rules There's No Right to Abortion, Setting up Texas Ban, Texas Tribune (June 24, 2022).
Madlin Mekelburg, Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, Triggering Complete Abortion Ban in Texas, Austin American-Statesman (June 24, 2022).
Stephania Taladrid, Roe's Final Hours in One of America's Largest Abortion Clinics, The New Yorker (June 25, 2022).
Ariana Perez-Castells, Abortions up to Six Weeks of Pregnancy Can Temporarily Resume in Texas, Judge Rules, Texas Tribune (June 28, 2022).
Maria Mendez, Texas Laws Say Treatments for Miscarriages, Ectopic Pregnancies Remain Legal but Leave Lots of Space for Confusion, Texas Tribune (July 20, 2022).
Texas Abortion "Trigger" Law Effective August 25th, 2022, Texas State Law Library (July 27, 2022).
Interview by Jennifer Stayton with Professor Elizabeth Sepper, The Post-Roe Legal Landscape Regulating Abortion in Texas: 'Myriad Laws on Top of Laws', KUT 90.5 (Oct. 20, 2022).

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