Texas Texas' Controversial Abortion Law Could Lead to Tech Workers Leaving Though many Californians jetted to Texas for a lower cost of living and tech jobs around Austin, some of them are now reconsidering their choice, says Washington Post Tech at Work writer Danielle Abril. The law bans abortions after 6 weeks, before many women even know they’re pregnant.
abortion Abortion Ban in Texas Raises Interest in Direct-to-Door Medication In a medication abortion, a pregnant person can end their pregnancy by taking mifepristone and misoprostol pills after medical consultation. Danielle Campoamor explains how the drugs work and how to check if they are legal in your state.
abortion Texas Abortion Law Will ‘Put a Bounty on the Head' of People Trying to Help, Legal Expert Says Georgetown University law professor Lawrence Gostin says he’s worried for Texans after the state legislature passed a restrictive abortion law in an overnight session. Under the new law, people who assist in providing an abortion to face financial damages of up to $10,000. “They’ve allowed enforcement of the law to be delegated to people who may be zealots,” Gostin...
Texas This Valedictorian Used Her Grad Speech to Discuss Abortion Rights Paxton Smith, the valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, wasn’t sure if her mic would be cut when she made a graduation speech against a recently passed abortion law in the state. The law prohibits abortion if a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, which often occurs before a woman even knows she’s pregnant.
Supreme Court The Case That Could Challenge Roe v. Wade The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion opponents are emboldened by the conservative court’s decision to hear the case, says Leah Litman, law professor at University of Michigan.
Supreme Court The Next Major Abortion Case Could Shape the 2022 Races A large portion of Republicans in a recent poll ranked abortion as the number one issue facing the country right now, while it hardly registered among Democrats. So a Supreme Court decision in the Mississippi abortion case next year could shape the course of the 2022 races, NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains.
vice presidential debate Pence Vs. Harris: Where The Two Candidates Stand on Preexisting Conditions, Abortion, and Fracking Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris covered a number of topics on the vice presidential debate stage. We took a closer look at both candidates’ positions on three of them: preexisting conditions, abortion and fracking.
ruth bader ginsburg Obamacare and Abortion Rights ‘Hanging by a Thread' After RBG's Death Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a towering advocate of liberal causes on the U.S. Supreme Court and her death leaves a void that President Trump is likely to seek to fill with an ideological opposite. David Corn of Mother Jones and former U.S. Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal joined LX News to explain how health insurance and reproductive rights for...
abortion Judges Slow Abortion Bans in Texas, Ohio During Pandemic The rulings were signs of judges pushing back on Republican-controlled states including abortion in sweeping orders as the outbreak grows
