SB 31 will tweak Hughes’ SB 8, the 2021 law that authorized private citizens to sue people who terminate a pregnancy after around six weeks. It also changes some language in House Bill 1280, ...

SB 31’s initial language drew significant pushback from abortion rights activists, who said it could bolster the state’s argument that an abortion ban originating in 1857 is enforceable.In ...

SB 31 makes language about exceptions consistent across Texas' various overlapping abortion laws, clarifying that the risk of death or impairment does not have to be "imminent" for doctors to act.

HB 44 and SB 31 represent that consensus turned into law. It is not a political statement; it is a public health necessity. When a woman’s life is at risk, her doctor should be able to save her.

If SB 31 becomes law, Attorney General Ken Paxton will have further reason to argue that these statutes are enforceable again. By amending the 1925 statute by adding the term "medical emergency," ...