The Texas Legislature enacted a statutory abortion ban during the 2021 legislative session

Government rules, decisions, and legal frameworks that shape public life in the United States across federal, state, and local institutions.

Law and political conflict over abortion access, contraception, fertility treatment and the medical care surrounding pregnancy in the United States. Returned largely to the states by the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs ruling, and fought since through ballot measures, legislatures and courts.