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Maria Margarita Rojas is the first healthcare provider charged for abortion care under Texas’ strict criminal ban. Her attorneys say the state has no evidence—yet her clinics remain shuttered.
Doctors warn that limiting access to abortion will be dangerous, but changes to maternal mortality can be hard to track.
Maternal mortality rates are too high in Texas and the U.S. in general. We could fix that.
In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively fight for abortion access.
Prolonged triple-digit temperatures also dramatically increased 911 calls for heat-related illness.
Democratic State Representative Jarvis Johnson called the governor's veto "petty, bullshit politics."
Eight more women have joined a lawsuit asking the courts to clarify exceptions to Texas abortion law for unviable pregnancies.
Austin author's memoir-esque novel about motherhood is both engaging—and disturbing.
Doctors are left to guess at whether helping their patients will land them in prison.
And traveling out of state won't fix it.