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Three members of the Women's March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the federal courthouse on March 15, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas. (AP Photo/David Erickson)
Mar 16, 2023

Here is what’s at stake in Texas abortion medication case

A federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of a leading abortion medication.

Demonstrators march and gather near the Texas state Capitol in Austin following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Mar 7, 2023

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban.

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on March 16, 2022. Lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia and North Carolina challenging the states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
Feb 10, 2023

Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit

A Texas lawsuit with a key deadline this month could threaten the nationwide availability of medication abortion.

People hold up pictures of Eliahna Torres as they parade in a large group through Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Uvalde, Texas, on Nov. 2, 2022, to visit the gravesites of Robb Elementary massacre victims and observe Día de los Muertos together. (Sam Owens/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File)
Nov 28, 2022

Uvalde mother sues police, gunmaker in school shooting

The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the gun maker.

Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school on May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)
Aug 25, 2022

Uvalde school police chief fired for response to shooting

The Uvalde school district has fired its police chief under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town after the mass school shooting there.

Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House on May 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
May 13, 2022

Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations

The Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse.

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Dec 16, 2021

Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court

The Supreme Court has formally returned a lawsuit over Texas' six-week abortion ban to a federal appeals court that has twice allowed the law to stay in effect.

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Dec 10, 2021

Supreme Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but OKs clinics’ suit

The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state’s ban on most abortions but is allowing the law to remain in effect.

Nov 5, 2021

Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions

The Biden administration sued Texas over new election laws that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats.

Ava Stevenson, 20, left, of Montgomery County rallies for abortion rights with her mother Jenni Coopersmith, center, outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments were set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Nov 1, 2021

Supreme Court justices question Texas law banning most abortions

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Monday they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion there.

Oct 22, 2021

Supreme Court doesn’t block Texas abortion law, sets hearing

The Supreme Court is not immediately blocking the Texas law that bans most abortions, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November.

Women protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 1, 2021. A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has all but dared supporters of the state's near-total ban on the procedure to try making an early example of him by filing a lawsuit. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
Oct 11, 2021

Texas clinics cancel abortions after appeals court reinstates ban

Texas clinics canceled appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which was put back in effect.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., participates in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee's hearing about Congressional oversight of Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Maryland Treasurer Dereck Davis speaks to a joint session of the Maryland General Assembly on Feb. 21, 2023, in Annapolis, after the legislature re-elected him to a four-year term. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

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A CSX train engine sits idle on tracks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. A fifth rail union has approved its deal with the freight railroads to secure 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses and a sixth one is set to vote Thursday. But all 12 rail unions must ratify their contracts to prevent a strike. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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