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SB 8, 87th R.S.
Relating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.

Texas's new abortion law: Lubbock or leave it.
See: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/07/24/texass-new-proposal-shows-why-abortion-law-is-a-mess-in-america
In Economist
Publication Date: July 24th-30th, 2021
Library Location: Periodicals
Abortion in America: Courting trouble.
See: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/09/11/texass-bounty-hunting-abortion-law-could-remain-on-the-books-for-a-long-time
In Economist
Publication Date: September 11th-17th, 2021
Library Location: Periodicals
A necessary right.
See: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/27/the-supreme-court-and-the-future-of-roe-v-wade
In New Yorker
Publication Date: September 27, 2021
Library Location: Periodicals
Texas' abortion law is devastating clinics.
See: https://spectator.org/texas-abortion-law-is-devastating-clinics/
In American Spectator
Publication Date: September 22, 2021
Library Location: Periodicals
Citizen enforcement of Texas abortion ban could spread to other laws.
See: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/09/23/citizen-enforcement-of-texas-abortion-ban-could-spread-to-other-laws
In Stateline (Pew Charitable Trusts)
Publication Date: September 23, 2021
Library Location: Periodicals
Deterring pre-viability abortions in Texas through private lawsuits.
In Texas Tech Law Review
Publication Date: Fall 2021
Library Location: Periodicals
From Waskom to Abilene: Behind the movement of sanctuary cities for the unborn.
In Texan
Publication Date: April 13, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
Solving the procedural puzzles of the Texas Heartbeat Act and its imitators: The potential for defensive litigation.
See: https://scholar.smu.edu/smulr/vol75/iss1/11/
In SMU Law Review
Publication Date: Winter 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
The abortion underground.
See: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/roe-v-wade-overturn-abortion-rights/629366/
In Atlantic Monthly
Publication Date: May 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
The epic battle over rights.
See: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2022/0503/First-draft-of-history-What-overturning-Roe-could-mean-for-US
In Christian Science Monitor
Publication Date: May 23, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
An abortion odyssey.
See: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/20/a-texas-teen-agers-abortion-odyssey
In New Yorker
Publication Date: June 20, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
Compromised state.
See: https://time.com/6189528/anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers-collect-data-investigation/
In Time
Publication Date: July 4/July 11, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
The post-Roe era.
In New Yorker
Publication Date: July 4, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
A country fractured.
In Time
Publication Date: July 25/August 1, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
Before Roe and after.
See: https://www.texasobserver.org/abortion-before-roe-v-wade-after/
In Texas Observer
Publication Date: July/August 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
Health scare.
See: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/08/american-abortion-laws-do-not-require-delaying-treatment-for-a-mothers-life-threatening-condition/
In National Review
Publication Date: August 15, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
The challenge of emergency abortion care following the Dobbs ruling.
See: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2797866
In JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
Publication Date: November 1, 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
Solving the procedural puzzles of the Texas Heartbeat Act and its imitators: New York Times v. Sullivan as historical analogue.
See: https://houstonlawreview.org/article/55524-solving-the-procedural-puzzles-of-the-texas-heartbeat-act-and-its-imitators-new-york-times-v-sullivan-as-historical-analogue See: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/376/254
In Houston Law Review
Publication Date: Fall 2022
Library Location: Periodicals
The abortion borderland.
In Nation
Publication Date: July 10-17, 2023
Library Location: Periodicals
Texas’ 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy and changes in live births.
In JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
Publication Date: July 18, 2023
Library Location: Periodicals
Texas receives 'D-' in March of Dimes maternal, infant health 2023 report card.
See: https://thetexan.news/issues/healthcare/texas-receives-d--in-march-of-dimes-maternal-infant-health-2023-report-card/article_12a26f2e-a9af-11ee-acbc-7bd2000229cb.html See: https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/reports/texas/report-card
In Texan
Publication Date: January 3, 2024
Library Location: Periodicals
The life of the mother.
See: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/15/abortion-high-risk-pregnancy-yeni-glick
In New Yorker
Publication Date: January 15, 2024
Library Location: Periodicals
Conceiving a new legal framework: The implications of Texas abortion regulations for in vitro fertilization.
See: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4648397
In Texas Tech University, School of Law
Publication Date: December 2023
Library Location: Periodicals
Abraham, abortion, and Abbott's Texas: How the Texas trigger law disproportionately burdens the religious freedom of Muslim women.
See: https://houstonlawreview.org/article/92814-abraham-abortion-and-abbott-s-texas-how-the-texas-trigger-law-disproportionately-burdens-the-religious-freedoms-of-muslim-women
In Houston Law Review
Publication Date: Winter 2024
Library Location: Periodicals


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