Texas abortion ban

  • New York Attorney General Intervenes to Defend Shield Law Against Texas Abortion Enforcement Effort

    New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced that her office is intervening in a lawsuit to defend the state’s abortion shield law after the Texas Attorney General’s Office sought to enforce its abortion ban through New York courts. At issue is a $113,000 judgment entered in Texas against a New York-based physician who provided…

  • Supreme Court Upholds Texas Abortion Ban in Emergency Care Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lower court ruling that bars emergency abortions in violation of Texas’ strict abortion ban to stand. The decision leaves hospitals uncertain about when they can legally provide pregnancy terminations in life-threatening situations. On Monday, the justices declined to hear a request from the Biden administration to block the…