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Tierra Walker Kept Getting Sicker — and Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion

https://murica.website/2025/11/tierra-walker-kept-getting-sicker-and-died-after-she-couldnt-get-an-abortion/

A bill aimed at clarifying when doctors can perform emergency abortions passed the Texas House in a 129-6 vote Wednesday. Senate Bill 31 now needs one more procedural vote before it heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/05/21/522007/texas-house-passes-life-of-the-mother-act-aiming-to-clarify-when-emergency-abortions-are-allowed/

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A Houston-area midwife accused of performing illegal abortions has laid out the case for her innocence, alleging in an appeal that the Texas Attorney General’s office “conducted a shoddy investigation and leapt to wild conclusions.”

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/05/15/521388/houston-midwife-accused-of-illegal-abortions-appeals-clinic-closures/

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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has suspended the midwifery license of Maria Margarita Rojas, a Houston-area midwife accused of performing illegal abortions and operating clinics without a license. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/03/26/516924/texas-suspends-houston-area-midwifes-license-amid-criminal-case-over-unlawful-abortions/

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A Houston-area midwife was arrested after allegedly performing illegal abortions and operating clinics without a license, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/03/17/516175/houston-area-midwife-arrested-for-allegedly-performing-illegal-abortions-texas-ag-says/

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Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after being denied an abortion, has been fighting to clarify the medical exception to Texas law for years. For the first time, Republicans might be willing to take up the issue.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/01/22/511605/clarity-on-abortion-exceptions-still-a-priority-for-texas-activists-this-legislative-session/

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The case of Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old woman from the Houston area, raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/11/26/507153/a-third-woman-died-under-texas-abortion-ban-as-doctors-reach-for-riskier-miscarriage-treatments/

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