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  Abortion Rights Groups Sue Man Behind 'Sanctuary Cities' for Defamation

  June 15 at 4 a.m.

  A year ago last Thursday, the town of Waskom in deep East Texas declared itself a sanctuary city from abortion. The move was as notable for its novelty as its glaring unconstitutionality, but it started a movement. At the urging of East Texas Right to Life director and provocateur Mark...

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  Aided By 5th Circuit, Texas Continues Running Out the Clock on Pandemic Abortion Seekers

  April 20 at 5:24 p.m.

  It's starting to look a lot like the final result of the legal battle isn't going to matter very much. Regardless of whether the federal courts finally determine that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did, in fact, have the right to effectively ban abortion during the novel coronavirus pandemic, thousands of...

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  Court Opens Texas Abortion Clinics Again, Paxton Appeals Again and ’Round and ’Round We Go

  April 10 at 1:12 p.m.

  As the coronavirus crisis gears up to enter its second month in the United States, it's become increasingly difficult to know on any given day whether abortion remains legal in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott banned it as part of his emergency order in March. Abortion providers sued and got clinics...

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  5th Circuit Stands Up Texas Coronavirus Abortion Ban. Again.

  April 8 at 4 a.m.

  For many Texans, the coronavirus pandemic and the changes it's inflicted on their everyday lives are merely a bad inconvenience. They can't go to restaurants, have to home-school their kids and are facing the physical and mental struggles of indeterminate monotony. Others face more serious consequences, like the loss of...

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  Texas’ Coronavirus Abortion Ban Back in Effect

  March 31 at 1:38 p.m.

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's coronavirus abortion ban is back in place thanks to an emergency stay from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The stay, according to the court, was issued so that it can give full consideration to an emergency appeal from the Texas attorney general. The ban...

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  Abortion Still Legal in Texas After Judge Slaps Paxton, Abbott

  March 31 at 4 a.m.

  Despite Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton's best efforts to make hay while the coronavirus spreads, abortion remains as legal in Texas as it was before the virus hit, following a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel. A little more than a week ago,...