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S.B. 8
September 29, 2022
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Megan Burbank
Abortion Activists Rely on Social Media More Than Ever After
Roe
—and That Has Risks
“That’s really our only pipeline to the public.”
March 11, 2022
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Matt Ford
Texas’s Abortion Bounty Law Is Inspiring Republican Lawmakers Around the Country
Spurred on by the Supreme Court’s tacit approval of the Lone Star State’s controversial abortion law, right-wing lawmakers are dreaming up even more extreme variations.
December 10, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Gives the Green Light to More Texas-Style Bounty Laws
The high court’s decision in the matter of the Lone Star State’s controversial abortion law seems destined to spawn further chaos.
November 1, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Won’t Gut
Roe
the Way Texas Wants It To
The court’s conservative majority will likely soon scuttle abortion rights, but they don’t seem inclined to let S.B. 8 be the means of destruction.
October 11, 2021
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Annie Geng
Legal Whiplash Around the Texas Ban Is a Reminder: Courts Alone Can’t Save Abortion
While Texas providers remain in limbo, advocates are stepping up local strategies for abortion access.
September 22, 2021
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Matt Ford
The First Plaintiffs to Sue Under the Texas Abortion Ban Are as Ridiculous as the Ban Itself
After a doctor revealed in The Washington Post that he had broken the law, two disgraced, out-of-state lawyers filed equally bizarre lawsuits against him.
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