Ruled that state constitution provides a fundamental right to receive life and health preserving abortions
Some state courts weighed historical evidence and found abortion rights protections, diverging from the U.S. Supreme Court’s approach in Dobbs.
Doctors have delayed life-saving care out of confusion over exceptions to strict abortion bans. State courts are being asked to clarify the laws.
The plaintiffs include 20 women who were denied abortion care and two doctors who say Texas’s abortion bans prevent them from meeting their ethical obligations.
A new tool from the Center for Reproductive Rights tracks abortion-related state constitutional developments across the country.
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