Two pending lawsuits over a 2024 federal rule protecting certain reproductive health information from disclosure are on hold ...

The 2024 privacy rule specifically protects patients in the reproductive health care context, allowing patients to travel to receive legal abortion care in other states under shield laws.

Legal challenges have failed, elections haven’t moved the needle and the fight for a narrow clarification shows how immovable these laws are.

At least 100 Texas children aged 17 and younger got abortions in other states during the first year after Texas banned the procedure, including six aged 11 and under, according to the latest state ...

Abortion is one of 18 items on the special session agenda, and some advocates hope to revive a bill targeting medication ...

Columbus seeks to challenge lawsuit upending health privacy laws, abortion record access Samantha Hendrickson Columbus Dispatch 0:05 ...

LUBBOCK — Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek ...

However, Texas right-wing officials have recently mounted a legal challenge to the federal policy in order to access the private medical records of patients who seek abortion care across state lines.

Texas is suing to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to get an abortion where it is legal.

Texas’s lawsuit is likely the first attempt of many to challenge the regulation, especially since numerous other states have similarly restrictive abortion laws.

At least 105 Texas children got an abortion out of state in 2023, the majority of them between the ages of 16 and 17.

However, Texas right-wing officials have recently mounted a legal challenge to the federal policy in order to access the private medical records of patients who seek abortion care across state lines.