Everything is bigger in Texas. Including, it seems, the degree of influence which the anti-abortion lobby is able to exert over both lawmakers and members of the judiciary.
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The law was initially passed by Gov. Rick Perry The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a Texas law that requires women seeking an abortion to have a sonogram exam and to listen to a physician's detailed description of the fetus, including whether it has developed limbs or internal organs.
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AUSTIN -- The League of Women Voters will host its annual State of the City dinner Wednesday night. The event starts at 6 p.m. at the University of Texas Club. Tickets are $55 for members and $62 for non-members. Wednesday's presentation will focus mainly on transportation. Organizers are calling the event "Capital Metro: Progress and Next Steps." For more information, click here .
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A federal judge in Texas has allowed the state to begin enforcing a high-profile new law which will require physicians who perform terminations to first either show, or describe, an ultrasound image of the unborn child to their patient. Related Stories Romney on the ropes as Santorum stuns with three wins on the trot Syria steps up bombardment of Homs Vifdeo: Indian ministers quit after watching ...
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The Texas Sonogram Law has passed another hurdle and can now be enforced
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Texas health officials began enforcing Tuesday a controversial law that requires doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion.
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On behalf of their client, Austin LifeCare, a pregnancy resource center that has been well-serving pregnant women in Texas since 1984, civil rights attorneys for the Jubilee Campaign's Law of Life Project , the Texas Center for the Defense of Life and the Alliance Defense Fund will return to federal court in Austin this Friday morning seeking a temporary restraining order to enjoin the ...
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Texas says he can't block the state from enforcing a controversial abortion law that requires pre-abortion sonograms.
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A Federal judge in Austin holds another hearing on Texas law requiring women seeking an abortion to have a sonogram. Also, NPR looks at the growing number of restrictions across the country.
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AUSTIN -- A small group of women protested against Facebook Monday morning. Less than a dozen moms were outside the Facebook offices in Austin to hold a "nurse in" at 10 a.m. They say they are upset because they believe the social networking website is taking down pictures of mothers breastfeeding, even suspending the accounts of some people who post the pictures. Monday's event is similar to ...
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