Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis.

The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a ruling by Matthew Kacsmaryk and found that an anti abortion group cannot bring a claim based on the actions of Planned Parenthood's attorneys.

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among women who lost their pregnancies in the second trimester.

Since 2022, abortion has been supposedly illegal in Texas,” Money said, “but the carve-outs in that legislation and in others has left open the door for self-induced abortions.” Michael Richardson speaks with Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Texas David Donatti about HB 1849,

Despite these bans, the number of abortions in the U.S. has actually increased. In 2020 — the year before Texas became the first state to ban abortion in defiance of Roe — the number of abortions in the U.

ProPublica analyzed years of statewide hospital data and found more women are developing sepsis than before the ban was instituted.

Sepsis cases in pregnant women have spiked roughly 50% since Texas’ abortion ban took effect in 2021, according to ProPublica’s new analysis. Sepsis is a life-threatening infection, often seen in the elderly and those with prolonged hospital stays.

ProPublica’s analysis is the most detailed look yet into life-threatening complications under Texas’ abortion ban

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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of

We’re getting a better look what the top priorities are for Texas voters from a snapshot from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The results explain many of Governor Greg Abbott’s emergency items to the legislature and explain why he’s holding events around the state trying to build support for one more controversial item.

Texas' abortion ban didn't just affect Texans — it has squeezed access to care in states that don't even border Texas. Why it matters: While previous reporting has focused on Texans flooding clinics in other states,