The Most Consequential Races in Texas That You Might Not Be Following

Lauren Miller’s story has become a familiar tale in Texas: A woman, facing complications that put her life at risk during pregnancy, was forced to seek reproductive care out of state because of extreme abortion laws. In Miller’s case, she was pregnant with twins. When it became clear that one would not survive, the nonviable fetus also became a threat to the other, healthy baby. Miller later became one of 22 women to sue the state in Zurawski v. Texas, a 2023 lawsuit that sought to clarify medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, under which doctors performing abortions could be penalized with as many as 99 years in prison, more than $100,000 in fines, and the loss of their state medical license. In May, the…

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This article was originally published by Sasha von Oldershausen at Texas Monthly (https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-supreme-court-elections-2024/).

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