/tags/roe-v-wade Roe v. Wade en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:17:13 GMT /health/2024-06-26/texas-abortion-laws-post-roe-v-wade-dobbs-v-jackson-reversal Women, doctors and lawyers have all made efforts to test the margins of Texas' near-total abortion ban. Here's where some of those efforts stand. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:17:13 GMT /health/2024-06-26/texas-abortion-laws-post-roe-v-wade-dobbs-v-jackson-reversal Olivia Aldridge /texasstandard/2024-01-25/texas-abortion-ban-teen-births-increase The uptick comes a year after Texas� six-week abortion ban went into effect in 2021. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:30:00 GMT /texasstandard/2024-01-25/texas-abortion-ban-teen-births-increase Alexandra Hart /health/2023-05-23/new-ut-austin-study-shows-worse-care-for-pregnant-texans-after-roe-v-wade-was-overturned Researchers from UT Austin and the University of California San Francisco found doctors were scared and confused and offered worse care to patients in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Tue, 23 May 2023 13:32:09 GMT /health/2023-05-23/new-ut-austin-study-shows-worse-care-for-pregnant-texans-after-roe-v-wade-was-overturned Elena Rivera /health/2023-01-06/patients-across-the-country-could-see-expanded-access-to-medication-abortions-but-not-in-texas The state's near-total ban on abortion means mifepristone and misoprostol � two drugs that can induce abortion within 10 weeks of gestation � are still illegal. Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:35:42 GMT /health/2023-01-06/patients-across-the-country-could-see-expanded-access-to-medication-abortions-but-not-in-texas Andrew Weber /health/2022-10-20/abortion-laws-in-texas-after-roe-v-wade-overturned Some of Texas' abortion laws right now are criminal. Some are civil. Some are recently passed laws. Some have been on the books for decades. One thing is clear: Abortion is banned with limited exceptions. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:01:00 GMT /health/2022-10-20/abortion-laws-in-texas-after-roe-v-wade-overturned Jennifer Stayton /health/2022-10-19/what-its-like-being-an-abortion-doula-in-a-state-with-restrictive-laws "I'm an abortion doula, I fund people's abortions, I make sure they can get to their appointments, period," said Ash Williams of North Carolina. "I can do that. I just need to keep doing that." Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:06:17 GMT /health/2022-10-19/what-its-like-being-an-abortion-doula-in-a-state-with-restrictive-laws Destinee Adams /health/2022-10-19/texas-abortion-ban-adds-pressure-to-already-strained-medicaid-system Low-income Texans no longer able to access abortion are likely to carry out a pregnancy. Many of them don’t have health insurance, which means they’re eligible for Medicaid. But the system operates at the minimum here. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:01:00 GMT /health/2022-10-19/texas-abortion-ban-adds-pressure-to-already-strained-medicaid-system Haya Panjwani /health/2022-10-18/what-its-like-to-date-and-have-sex-under-texas-abortion-ban Some people are having deeper conversations earlier on in dating � not just about contraception and potential pregnancy but about values. The result can be increased intimacy, but also exhaustion, particularly among women. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:05:00 GMT /health/2022-10-18/what-its-like-to-date-and-have-sex-under-texas-abortion-ban Audrey McGlinchy /health/2022-10-17/vasectomy-tubes-tied-sterilization-abortion-ban-roe-v-wade-overturned Local doctors have seen a surge in requests for vasectomies and salpingectomies since Texas' abortion bans went into effect. Some people see this as a way to remain childfree, while others want to avoid high-risk pregnancies. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:01:00 GMT /health/2022-10-17/vasectomy-tubes-tied-sterilization-abortion-ban-roe-v-wade-overturned Marisa Charpentier /health/2022-10-06/66-clinics-stopped-providing-abortions-in-the-100-days-since-roe-fell A new report assessed the impact of laws in the 15 states that have banned or heavily restricted abortion since June 24. Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:33:35 GMT /health/2022-10-06/66-clinics-stopped-providing-abortions-in-the-100-days-since-roe-fell Selena Simmons-Duffin