How the Texas trial changed the story of abortion rights in America
The case for abortion was made by women themselves who had been denied abortions and sued the state to clarify the exceptions to its ban.
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The case for abortion was made by women themselves who had been denied abortions and sued the state to clarify the exceptions to its ban.
The battle for abortion rights is shifting away from the high-resolution fetal images to the faces of women who say they suffered grievously under strict bans.
The battle for abortion rights is shifting away from the high-resolution fetal images to the faces of women who say they suffered grievously under strict bans.
During the five decades that followed Roe v. Wade, lawsuit after lawsuit in states across the country chipped away at abortion rights. And again and again, the people who went to court to defend those rights were physicians who often spoke in clinical and abstract terms.
13 women affected by the ban have sued the state of Texas, and recounted their extreme physical and emotional trauma in court this week.