At the end of a five-day trial over Texas’ fetal burial law, a federal judge said he is concerned not only with whether the law violates a woman’s right to abortion, but with whether it will also restrict women who are seeking other types of health care.
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The federal judge who will decide whether Texas may require healthcare providers to bury or cremate fetal remains said in court Monday that he will not rule based on his personal beliefs but on whether the law unconstitutionally impairs a woman’s right to abortion.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit on Monday stayed a lower court’s order requiring a group of Roman Catholic bishops in Texas to hand over their emails and other private documents to abortion providers, in a dispute over a state rule that forces women to bury the remains of their miscarried or aborted fetuses.
Read moreA federal judge Monday temporarily enjoined part of a Texas law that would require healthcare providers to bury or cremate fetal remains.
Read moreThe Texas Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would require health care providers to bury or cremate the remains of aborted fetuses, pushing it closer to becoming law despite a judge striking down a similar state rule in January.
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Anti-abortion activists came out in droves to a Texas House committee hearing Wednesday to testify against a bill that would require fetal remains to be given a funeral after a miscarriage, abortion, or ectopic pregnancy — saying the bill didn’t go far enough.
Read moreA federal judge in Texas temporarily halted the state Friday from enforcing rules that would require fetal remains to be given a funeral after a miscarriage, abortion or ectopic pregnancy.
Read moreIn a twist on common anti-abortion logic, Texas state attorneys told a federal judge Wednesday that “fetal tissue” is not “human,” as they defended rules that require all fetal remains to be given a funeral after a miscarriage, abortion or ectopic pregnancy.
Read moreA federal judge Tuesday said Texas rules requiring fetal remains to be given a funeral after a miscarriage, abortion or ectopic pregnancy may violate a state law that permits cremated ashes to be scattered on any public or private property.
Read moreAttorneys for the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a federal complaint against the state of Texas on Monday, challenging new regulations that require all embryonic tissue, including miscarriages, to be buried or cremated.
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