That bill passed the Texas Senate in mid-April. An amended version passed the Texas House, with a narrower margin than the abortion clarification bill. The clarification legislation received widespread support from a variety of lawmakers and advocacy groups, to a degree that’s unusual for an abortion-related bill.

North Korea’s newest warship was severely damaged during a launch ceremony Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong Un, who witnessed the accident, saying it brought shame to the nation’s prestige and vowing to punish those found responsible, state media reported.

The Texas House has advanced two abortion-related bills that already passed the Senate. On Thursday, the House passed SB 33, filed by state Sen.

The Texas House on Thursday passed Senate Bill 33, which aims to prevent local governments from using tax money to support people who leave the state to find abortion care. The bill will need final approval from the state Senate before heading to Gov.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching ...

According to a first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis of state hospital discharge data, while the rates of dangerous infections spiked across Texas after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston were far more likely to get gravely ill than those in Dallas.

Under Senate Bill 33, cities like Austin will be barred from funding travel and other logistics for Texans who seek out-of-state abortions.

Georgia's "heartbeat law" ​is among the restrictive abortion statutes that have been put in place in many conservative states.