ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women ...

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Credit: Gary Rhodes for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated ... Last session, she quietly passed a bill with Hughes that created an affirmative defense for doctors who performed an ...

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state ... that still exposes physicians to prosecution; it allows them to offer an “affirmative defense,” like arguing self-defense ...

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. Audio ...

Texas law threatens up to 99 years ... in such a way that still exposes physicians to prosecution; it allows them to offer an “affirmative defense,” like arguing self-defense when charged ...