The number, possibly an undercount, underscores the effect of blocking the procedure for one of the state’s most vulnerable populations.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Legislature should amend the language of the state's near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.

Texas abortion restrictions are among the strictest in the nation, banning the procedure unless a pregnant person has a "life-threatening condition."

"I do think that we need to clarify any language so that doctors are not in fear of being penalized if they think the life of the mother is at risk," Patrick said Sunday on WFAA's "Inside Texas Politics" after he was asked whether he expected "any significant abortion legislation,

Columbus filed motions to join two lawsuits as defendants alongside the Department of Health and Human Services.

Rarely does the public hear about medication abortion and how hard it is to access. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently filed the first lawsuit against an out-of-state abortion pill ...

Patients and doctors have said the ban's only exception is so vague and the penalties are so steep that providers are reluctant to perform emergency abortions.

Texas’ abortion restrictions have forced the closure of clinics that also provide contraceptive services and sex education.

“I think it’s clear, but I’m also open to the idea that some doctors don’t see it that way, some hospitals don’t think that way,” said Patrick, a Republican who presides over the Texas Senate. “We don’t want to stand in the way of that, but we’re not going to open it up so that abortion is prevalent again in the state.”

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.

Patrick is the first major state elected official to offer support for changing the state’s abortion law in this legislative session. The Texas abortion ban went into effect in 2022 and ...

Democrats and abortion advocates had hoped that the attention on Texas’ near-total ban, which bars abortions except when a pregnant person faces a “life-threatening condition,” would lead to ...