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Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A new bill aims to change that.

The statue would depict a mother with an unborn child in a 鈥渨orld-shaped womb.鈥�

Abortion is illegal in Texas, but some women are still accessing abortion through mail-order drugs. Senate Bill 2880 aims to crack down on the practice.

The bill gives the state new tools to try to stop the flow of abortion pills, but critics say it鈥檚 legally dubious on several fronts.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill to change the language in the state's abortion laws in an effort to clarify when doctors are allowed to perform an abortion during a medical emergency. The bill, which passed unanimously in the Texas Senate on Tuesday, is the first time Republican lawmakers have sought to amend the state's ban since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

A bill that would apply the same penalties for abortion in Texas as homicide was removed from a committee schedule on Tuesday, likely ending any chance of the proposal passing this legislative session.

Billboard ads luring Texas providers to the north have been placed in Houston and Dallas.

Authorities say Maria Margarita Rojas presented herself as a gynecologist without a medical license.

Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a 鈥渕ajor bodily function鈥� is at risk. Doctors, who could face prison time for performing an abortion, have been seeking clarification on the exception.

Maria Margarita Rojas, known as 鈥淒r. Maria,鈥� faces hundreds of thousands in fines if she is convicted.

The Legislature is considering bills that would lift long-standing restrictions on how Texas鈥� panel can investigate maternal deaths and near-misses.

The case is set to test states' conflicting abortion laws, a battle that could rise to the U.S. Supreme Court.