Dec 19 Watch 7:20 Texas legislator defends new law allowing police to arrest migrants who entered illegally By Stephanie Sy, Ali Schmitz A new Texas law makes it a state crime to illegally cross the southern border into Texas. In the past, courts have ruled that only the federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws and civil rights have already… Continue watching
Dec 19 Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press Civil rights organization have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants suspectedly of crossing the border illegally and permit judges to order them to leave the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 6:34 How medical providers are navigating the legal shifts in reproductive rights By Amna Nawaz, Mary Fecteau, Ali Schmitz The Supreme Court will weigh in on reproductive rights again as the justices agreed to hear a case about access to mifepristone for medication abortions. The court's decisions have immediate, real-life implications and put medical providers on the frontlines of… Continue watching
Dec 14 Calling for ‘compassion’ in Texas abortion case, some 2024 GOP hopefuls stop short of criticizing law By Meg Kinnard, Christine Fernando, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press It’s the latest indication that the candidates see the politics surrounding abortion as a delicate — and fraught — issue for the GOP after the Supreme Court's reversal of constitutional protections for the procedure helped power Democrats to unexpectedly strong… Continue reading
Dec 12 Federal judge upholds Texas’ TikTok ban on state-owned devices By Associated Press The decision came months after The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University challenged the ban, arguing it violated the First Amendment. Continue reading
Dec 11 Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The announcement came Monday as 31-year-old Kate Cox awaited a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court over whether she could legally obtain an abortion under narrow exceptions to the state's bans. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 3:00 News Wrap: Texas high court grants AG Paxton’s request to pause abortion ruling In our news wrap Saturday, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision to allow a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to get an abortion, Israel hit targets across Gaza as its war with Hamas… Continue watching
Dec 09 Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court’s order allowing woman’s emergency abortion By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 7:30 Texas judge allows emergency abortion despite statewide ban By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre A district judge in Texas stepped in to allow a woman to terminate her pregnancy despite a statewide abortion ban. It’s believed to be the first case since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade where a woman has asked… Continue watching
Dec 07 Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion in challenge to state’s ban By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press It was unclear Thursday how quickly or whether Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, will be able to obtain an abortion. Continue reading