Newly released statistics from 2023 show that minors in Texas are traveling out of the state to have abortions and the numbers are rising.

But according to the latest state data available, a number of minors are leaving the state for abortions – and that number rose in 2023 compared to previous years. Taylor Goldenstein, who reports on state politics for the Houston Chronicle, said 105 minors 17 or under left Texas for abortions that we know of in 2023.

Nonetheless, Texas’ abortion ban, which threatens providers with life in prison among other steep penalties, offers no exception for rape. One year before Roe, in September 2021, the state enacted SB 8,

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

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.

Abortion opponents gathered on the Texas Capitol grounds Saturday afternoon for the annual "Texas Rally for Life."Amy O'Donnell with the Texas Alliance for Life said that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) estimated the crowd to be around 4,

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.”

Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)(Rebecca Blackwell / AP) Doctors have long voiced concerns about Texas' strict and vague abortion ban, which they worry has complicated efforts ...

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.

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.

Doctors need clearer, better law supporting emergency abortion care for women and girls. Here's how the Legislature can do that.