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Media coverage on more women denied abortion care who joined Zurawski v. Texas.

Watch the video replay of the arguments in Zurawski v. State of Texas, the Center’s case on behalf of Texas physicians and women denied abortion care.

Media coverage on more women denied abortion care who joined Zurawski v. Texas.

Number of women harmed by the state’s abortion bans continues to grow as case heads to the Texas Supreme Court November 28.

Four Texas women who were denied abortion care after facing severe and dangerous pregnancy complications tell their stories.

11.14.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, seven women who were refused medically necessary abortions joined a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights earlier this year against the state of Texas (Zurawski v. State of Texas). This brings the current number of plaintiffs up to 22 as the case heads to the Texas Supreme Court […]

Stories of seven Texas women—each denied abortion care after facing severe and dangerous pregnancy complications—who joined this case as additional plaintiffs November 14.

Injunction by Texas judge in favor of the Center's plaintiffs would have allowed abortions for severe pregnancy complications and fatal fetal diagnoses and protected physicians from prosecution for using their "good faith judgment."

Judge Jessica Mangrum’s August 4 ruling on Zurawski v. State of Texas clarified the medical exception in the state’s abortion bans, enabling physicians to use their “good faith judgment,” in consultation with their pregnant patients, to determine when they need an abortion to preserve their health or their life. It also found S.B. 8, a […]

Patient stories serve as stark reminders that abortion care is a necessary, life-saving procedure crucial for treating many dangerous pregnancy conditions.