
Texas judge temporarily shuts down Houston-area clinics accused of providing abortions
Judge Gary Chaney on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing Maternal and Child Healthcare and Research Center, Clinicas Latinoamericanas and Houston Birth House from providing any medical services or abortions.
Houston Public Media
Federal judge blocks Biden administration’s Title IX guidelines to protect LGBTQ+ students
In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Reed O'Connor said the Biden administration lacked the authority to make the changes and accused it of pushing “an agenda wholly divorced from the text, structure, and contemporary context of Title IX.” Title IX is the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational settings.
Houston Public Media
Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort fetus with lethal abnormality
Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth.
The Texas Tribune
Texas judge says Greg Abbott's 'Death Star' bill is unconstitutional
The law, dubbed "the law that kills," was so broad it prevented local ordinances that mandated things such as water breaks for construction workers.
Insider
Texas Judge Orders Airline Lawyers to Take Training From Far-Right Hate Group
The lawyers must take religious freedom classes from the Alliance Defending Freedom, the right-wing Christian group that has systematically rolled back civil liberties.
The New Republic
Texas Judge Refuses to Marry Same-Sex Couples, Cites Supreme Court Decision
She claims that the decision that allowed a Colorado web designer not to be forced to create a site contrary to her beliefs extends to her view that only heterosexual couples should be married.
Advocate.com
Texas judge says Supreme Court ruling means she doesn't have to officiate same-sex weddings - LGBTQ Nation
She was reprimanded for only officiating straight people's marriages. Now she says the Supreme Court supports her.
LGBTQ Nation