Over 2,000 Fetal Remains Found at Ex-Abortion Doctor’s Home
More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said.
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Fifth Circuit Hears Challenge to Texas Fetal Burial Law
A Fifth Circuit panel heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit over a Texas statute that requires the burial of fetal remains, after a federal judge in Austin rejected the challenge.
Read moreScientists Feel Chill of Crackdown on Fetal Tissue Research
To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block.
Read moreJudge Requests More Info as Fetal-Burial Trial Wraps
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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Texas Fetal Burial Law Trial Begins After Pointed 5th Circuit Rulings
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 moreFifth Circuit Rules for Bishops in Dispute With Abortion Clinics
The 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 moreFederal Judge Blocks Texas’ Fetus-Funeral Law, for Now
A federal judge Monday temporarily enjoined part of a Texas law that would require healthcare providers to bury or cremate fetal remains.
Read moreIgnoring Judge, Texas Senators Push Fetal Burial Bill
The 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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Texans Say Fetal Burial Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough
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 moreJudge Blocks Fetal Funeral Rules in Texas
A 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 moreJudge Extends Bar on Texas’ Fetal Funeral Rules
In 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 moreFederal Judge Chary About Texas’ Fetal Funeral Law
A 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 moreAbortion Clinics Sue Texas Over Fetal-Burial Rules
Attorneys 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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