June 16, 2015
Supporters of a controversial Texas law that could close all but eight abortion providers in the state asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to deny a stay of its order upholding the law, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court would likely not take up the case because no woman would be substantially burdened by its implementation.
June 15, 2015
A group of Texas abortion providers on Friday urged the Fifth Circuit to rule on its motion to stay a ruling upholding two key provisions in Texas' controversial abortion law by June 19, saying only eight of the 19 facilities currently administering abortions could continue operating without a stay.
June 10, 2015
A group of Texas abortion providers on Wednesday filed a motion to stay a Fifth Circuit ruling that upheld two key provisions in Texas' controversial abortion law, arguing that the law should not go into effect until the U.S. Supreme Court has had a chance to weigh in.
June 09, 2015
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the majority of Texas' controversial abortion law, which could close all but seven clinics across the state and which abortion rights advocates have called an attempt to effectively outlaw the practice in the state.
January 07, 2015
A Texas federal court's sweeping ruling on a controversial Texas abortion law may have made it more difficult for the Fifth Circuit to deem the statute improper, a circuit judge said during oral argument Wednesday.
December 09, 2014
A group of Texas abortion providers on Monday in a Fifth Circuit filing rejected the state's argument that they failed to prove that Texas' controversial abortion law overburdens abortion facilities, saying the state used improper and noncredible sources to disparage them.
December 02, 2014
A group of Texas abortion providers hoping to block the state's controversial abortion law have failed to prove that the legislation's new standards overburden abortion facilities, state officials argued Monday.
November 26, 2014
A group of Texas abortion providers on Monday responded to a Fifth Circuit appeal by officials and anti-abortion groups to uphold a controversial state abortion law that could shutter all but seven clinics, arguing that the new rules place an unreasonable burden on abortion facilities.
November 12, 2014
A large group of Texas legislators on Monday filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the Fifth Circuit to reverse the district court ruling that blocked part of the state's controversial abortion law, saying the district court erred and the statute is constitutional.
November 04, 2014
Texas officials on Tuesday urged the Fifth Circuit to overturn a decision blocking part the state's controversial abortion law, arguing the plaintiffs' claims were barred because opponents of the law had already lost an earlier challenge.