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- Equal shares of Texas voters identify as pro-life and pro-choice. The UT poll has asked respondents since October 2014 whether they tend to identify as “pro-life”, “pro-choice” or neither.
- Only a small minority of Texas voters would entirely eliminate access to abortion. This is an important, missed consideration in political debates often driven by advocates claiming to represent a majority of voters in their efforts to end all abortions.
- Texas voters appear to have become less receptive to the introduction of new abortion laws by the Texas Legislature. In general, abortion attitudes have tended to reflect a Texas electorate that is generally open to enacting limitations on the practice of abortion, but, as described above, is significantly less open to revoking access entirely.
- Texas has received a lot of national attention lately for voting rights and the border, but no issue has garnered the same spike in attention as has Texas’ new abortion laws, despite stout competition.
Aug 22, 2023 · A district court judge ruled earlier this month that Texas must stop enforcing its abortion laws when doctors are treating patients with serious pregnancy complications, but Texas appealed...
Feb 17, 2022 · Last year, the Republican-dominated legislature passed a new law which gives a woman in Texas not the standard 23 or 24 weeks, but approximately six weeks to get an abortion after conception -...
- Wade Goodwyn
Sep 2, 2021 · Instead of using an outdated talking point to discuss what we all stand to lose as a result of abortion bans like the one in Texas, we should be pointing people to reputable and safe networks...
- Freelance Journalist
- Danielle Campoamor
- 5 min
Sep 9, 2021 · Abortion is a failure for every woman and her unborn child — a failure of love, justice and mercy. Texas’ new abortion law is far from perfect, but I hope it can move us closer to these...
- Karen Swallow Prior
Sep 3, 2021 · The Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect, marking a key turning point for abortion opponents.
Sep 1, 2021 · A Texas law banning most abortions went into effect on Wednesday. By refusing to block it, the Supreme Court did not overturn Roe v. Wade, but it rendered that precedent, at least for the...
