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First-of-its-kind abortion lawsuit hearing ends with pleas for relief from strict Texas restrictions

Headline from Courthouse News Service, from the development of Jul 19, 2023

Newest development Jul 21, 2023 · 4 reportsDoctor emotionally describes terminating pregnancy out of state during hearing over Texas abortion bans

Medical experts testified Thursday that Texas' abortion bans have greatly hindered physicians' ability to provide effective care to pregnant people in the state.

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  1. Names this update

    First-of-its-kind abortion lawsuit hearing ends with pleas for relief from strict Texas restrictions

    Headline from Courthouse News Service ·

  2. Newest

    Doctor emotionally describes terminating pregnancy out of state during hearing over Texas abortion bans

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

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38 articles, oldest first.

  1. ABC 13 Houston

    'I was terrified': Women suing Texas over abortion bans give emotional testimony (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Women suing Texas over its abortion ban appear in court to testify as part of a daylong hearing. They claim their lives were put at risk due to the bans.

  2. ABC 13 Houston

    Women denied abortions in Texas ask court for clarity over state's exceptions to ban (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    One woman said she had to carry her baby, who was missing much of her skull, for months, knowing she'd bury her daughter soon after she was born.

  3. ABC 13 Houston

    Women suing Texas over abortion bans testify in court (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Women suing Texas over its abortion ban appear in court to testify as part of a daylong hearing. They claim their lives were put at risk due to the bans.

  4. Fox News

    Women who were denied abortions despite serious risks to their health headed to court in Texas (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A group of women who were denied abortions despite risks to their health sued the state of Texas. The women want to find out when abortion exceptions are allowed under Texas law.

  5. NBC Chicago

    Women denied abortions in Texas ask court to clarify medical exceptions to state's ban (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Women who sued Texas after saying they were denied abortions despite serious risks to their health are headed to court Wednesday as legal challenges to abortion bans across the U.S. continue a year after the fall of Roe v. Wade.

  6. The Guardian

    Texas women denied abortions ask court for clarity over ban exceptions (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Women say they were told they could not end pregnancies even though their lives and health were in danger

  7. Digital Journal

    Texas judge to hear lawsuit challenging state's abortion ban (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A Texas court on Wednesday will hear arguments in the first lawsuit brought on behalf of women denied abortions since the US Supreme Court overturned the

  8. CBS News

    Texas women testify in lawsuit on state abortion laws: "I don't feel safe to have children in Texas anymore" (opens CBS News)

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    "I don't feel safe to have children in Texas anymore," said one Texas woman who testified about the effect of the state's abortion law on her failed pregnancy.

  9. Wall Street Journal

    Texas Women Denied Abortions Testify About Impact of State Bans (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The women shared stories of suffering difficult complications during wanted pregnancies and being told by physicians their options were limited by the state’s bans.

  10. The Guardian

    Texas women give harrowing testimony on impact of extreme abortion ban (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Women tell court about experience of carrying life-threatening pregnancies because of restrictive law with few exemptions

  11. NBC News

    Woman suing Texas over abortion ban vomits on the stand in emotional reaction during hearing (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Three plaintiffs testified about the trauma they experienced carrying nonviable pregnancies.

  12. NPR

    Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: 'There was no mercy' (opens NPR)

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    Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.

  13. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women who sued Texas after saying they were denied abortions despite serious risks to their health are asking a court to step in. On Wednesday, they described in an Austin courthouse how they were unable to end their pregnancies despite risks to…

  14. Courthouse News Service

    Texas abortion bans challenged in emotional testimony during hearing (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Three women suing the state of Texas over its abortion bans say the state is to blame for denials of the procedure during their high-risk pregnancies.

  15. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Texas women tell emotional stories in hearing about the state's strict abortion laws (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    For the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a court heard in person from women who were unable to end their pregnancies because of state law.

  16. KIII Corpus Christi

    Women challenge Texas abortion restrictions, seeking medical exemption for risky pregnancies (opens KIII Corpus Christi)

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    KIII Corpus Christi's feed description

    State law makes it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion unless the life of the pregnant patient is at risk.

  17. FOX 4 Dallas

    Texas women suing the state over its ban on abortions (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    The women claim that despite suffering, what they called "dangerous pregnancy complications," doctors would not perform an abortion.

  18. NPR

    Women with pregnancy complications tell a Texas court how abortion bans affected them (opens NPR)

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    Texas abortion restrictions are in court after 13 women sued the state AG and medical board. Women with complicated pregnancies are telling the court how the state's abortion bans affected them.

  19. Local News 8

    Doctor emotionally describes terminating pregnancy out of state during hearing over Texas abortion bans (opens Local News 8)

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    By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — On the second day of hearings addressing the emergency medical exception for abortion restrictions in Texas, an obstetrics and gynecology specialist gave emotional testimony about getting an abortion out of state last year after learning her fetus had…

  20. The Guardian

    Tearful Texas doctor recalls being forced to travel out of state for abortion (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Austin Dennard unable to obtain abortion in home state because of confusion surrounding exceptions under restrictive Texas ban

  21. Courthouse News Service

    First-of-its-kind abortion lawsuit hearing ends with pleas for relief from strict Texas restrictions (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Medical experts testified Thursday that Texas' abortion bans have greatly hindered physicians' ability to provide effective care to pregnant people in the state.

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