The clock ran out on several bills favored by hard-right Texas lawmakers on Tuesday, with topics ranging from abortion to ...

Proponents of SB 2880 have singled out Rep. Ken King, House State Affairs committee chair, for letting the bill languish.

"You have to [be] writing a bill that you’re pretty darn sure is unconstitutional to not want the Texas courts to look at it,” one law professor said of SB 2880, which would have allowed residents to ...

Texas lawmakers consider bill allowing $100,000 lawsuits against abortion pill distributors, but time is running out as the ...

The decision to stall on the bill may have been a calculated one for Republicans, as polls show Texans lack appetite for more abortion restrictions.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in ...

Medical emergency is the only exception to Texas’ abortion ban passed three years ago; there is none for rape, incest and ...

A bill to clarify Texas' near total abortion ban passed significant hurdles this week. The so-called 'Life of the Mother Act' ...

The bill also contains a controversial provision that says it cannot be challenged in state court before it is enforced. It ...

Following ProPublica’s reporting, Republicans acknowledged women were denied care because medical providers were unsure what Texas’ abortion ban allowed. But the new legislation doesn’t remove what ...

That bill passed the Texas Senate in mid-April. An amended version passed the Texas House, with a narrower margin than the ...

As the legislative session winds to a close, the Texas legislature passed a bill to allow school staff to be sued over sex ...