Texas Medical Board Clarifies Exceptions in State’s Abortion Law

Published on June 22, 2024

A Texas medical panel on Friday approved a set of guidelines for doctors to use in navigating the state’s strict abortion laws, providing clarification around the circumstances when an emergency abortion can be performed legally. The Texas Medical Board unanimously adopted the guidelines, loosening some abortion-related reporting and documentation rules for physicians and telling doctors they don’t need to wait until a pregnant woman’s death is imminent to carry out an abortion. However, the panel declined to list specific exemptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Texas abortion laws prohibit and criminalize abortions in all cases except when the mother’s life is in danger under a “medical emergency” exception. Doctors found guilty of providing an illegal abortion face up to 99 years in prison, a $100,000 fine, and loss of their medical license....

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