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Citing 'trauma, criminal treatment' 8 women join suit against Texas abortion laws

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"Texas law caused me to be detained against my will for five days and treated like a criminal all during the most traumatic and heartbreaking experience I've had in my life."

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  1. ABC 7 New York

    8 women join suit over Texas' abortion bans, claim their lives were put in danger (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    Eight women have joined a lawsuit by the Center for Reproductive Rights against the state of Texas over its abortion bans, claiming their lives were put in danger.

  2. FOX 4 Dallas

    More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. Another started mirroring the life-threatening symptoms that her baby was displaying while in the womb.

  3. NPR

    More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    More women who say they were put in danger by Texas' abortion bans are joining a lawsuit that seek to force the state to clarify medical exceptions in the laws.

  4. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    They Were Denied Life-Saving Abortions in Texas. Now They Are Suing the State. (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    More Texas women who were told they could not end pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies or that endangered their health are challenging the state's restrictive abortion laws

  5. Anchorage Daily News

    More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on abortion law (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The lawsuit serves as a nationwide model for abortion rights advocates to challenge strict new abortion laws that states have rolled out since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

  6. PBS NewsHour

    More women who were denied abortions in Texas join lawsuit challenging state's abortion law (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    More than a dozen Texas women in total have joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ lawsuit against the state’s law, which prohibit abortions unless a mother’s life is at risk — an exception that is not clearly defined.

  7. Los Angeles Times

    More women sue Texas to put emergency block on state's abortion law (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    More Texas women who were told they could not end pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies are challenging the state's restrictive abortion law.

  8. The New Republic

    8 More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban, Saying It Almost Killed Them (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    “What happened to these women is indefensible and is happening to countless pregnant people across the state.”

  9. Fortune

    More than 12 women who could not end their pregnancies in Texas are suing the state (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    To block its abortion law.

  10. CBS News

    Citing 'trauma, criminal treatment' 8 women join suit against Texas abortion laws (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    "Texas law caused me to be detained against my will for five days and treated like a criminal all during the most traumatic and heartbreaking experience I've had in my life."

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Texas women joining lawsuit against state’s abortion law (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- More than a dozen Texas women have joined the Center for Reproductive Rights' lawsuit against the state's law, which prohibits abortions unless a mother's life is at risk -- an exception that is not clearly defined.

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