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 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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