In Texas, where abortion is banned, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, medical associations and groups on either side of the issue worked together to clarify when abortion can be used in emergencies.

About 100 people gathered outside the Governor’s Mansion to protest the upcoming special legislative session, urging lawmakers to put more focus on

The Legislature will look at proposals for emergency preparedness in a special session that was already planned over hemp laws. A bill to help build emergency systems failed in the spring.

KINGSTON — Last week, Texas tried for the second time to force New York to recognize a ruling against a Hudson Valley doctor who allegedly prescribed abortion pills to a woman in Texas. And for the second time, the Ulster County clerk charged with filing the document has refused to do so, citing New York’s telehealth abortion shield law.

A doctor who was sued under Texas’ abortion “bounty hunter” law must have his matters resolved in state court in Texas, not federal court in Chicago, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday.