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Abortion bans could add hundreds of miles of travel to those seeking the procedures, analysis shows
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, just 13 states could become destinations for people from more than 20 others that would be expected to restrict abortions.
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Supreme Court to hear two challenges to Texas abortion law on November 1
In the interim, the law — which has effectively ended access to abortion in Texas — will remain in effect
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Pregnant undocumented minors, many of them rape survivors, no longer have access to abortions in Texas
Officials have been ordered to transfer minors seeking abortions to facilities outside the state — delaying their access to the procedure.
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For 48 hours, abortion after 6 weeks was legal in Texas. Getting care still wasn’t easy
Across a major abortion clinic network in Texas, only 10 people over six weeks of pregnancy were able to obtain an abortion.
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Kansas has become a beacon for abortion access. Next year, that could disappear.
Without Kansas as a safe haven, the Midwestern abortion desert will be bigger than the country of France.
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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.