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Study: Abortion restrictions led to 9,800 more births in Texas over nine months

July 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 3, 2023 / 14:52 pm (CNA).
The six-week abortion ban in Texas, which outlaws abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, led to nearly 9,800 more births in the state over a nine-month pe… […]

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Texas man sues ex-wife’s friends for facilitating unborn child’s abortion

March 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Abortion Pill Reversal seeks to counter the effects of the first progesterone-blocking abortion pill, providing an opportunity to save the unborn child. / Shutterstock

Denver, Colo., Mar 15, 2023 / 08:25 am (CNA).
A Texas man has filed a wrongf… […]

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Texas pro-life pregnancy centers prepare for overturning of Roe v. Wade

June 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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St. Louis, Mo., Jun 7, 2022 / 02:50 am (CNA).
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer, abortions will be banned entirely statewide in Texas, with limited exceptions. Although some Texas… […]

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Federal court orders cases brought against Texas pro-life law dismissed

April 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Apr 27, 2022 / 14:19 pm (CNA).
A federal court on Tuesday ordered a lower court to dismiss all legal challenges brought against the enforcement mechanism of a Texas abortion law, a move… […]

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Pro-life supporters rally for Texas law outside Supreme Court

November 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the Supreme Court following oral arguments on Nov. 1, 2021 / Christine Rousselle/CNA

Washington D.C., Nov 1, 2021 / 19:45 pm (CNA).
Supporters of the Texas Heartbeat Act rallied outside the U.S. S… […]

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Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas abortion ban

November 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pro life outreach in front of a Planned Parenthood location in San Antonio Texas in 2019. / B Merkle/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2021 / 14:27 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Supreme Court spent nearly three hours Monday hearing arguments i… […]

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BREAKING: Supreme Court to hear challenges to Texas heartbeat law

October 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Oct 22, 2021 / 11:40 am (CNA).
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider two legal challenges to Texas’ pro-life heartbeat law, just weeks before it hears oral arguments in another major abortion case.Bo… […]

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US Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas heartbeat abortion law

October 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2018. / Jonah McKeown/CNA.

Washington D.C., Oct 18, 2021 / 12:05 pm (CNA).
The US Department of Justice on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a Texas pro-life law, in effect since… […]

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