05/25/2024

New Rules are in the Works About Abortion Bans in Texas

Almost nobody is happy

The stakes are high for doctors in Texas when it comes to abortion.

With three overlapping laws, Texas bans nearly all abortions and has some of the strictest penalties for doctors in the country, including thousands of dollars in fines, the loss of a medical license and even life in prison.

That's the backdrop for a process happening now to give doctors more clarity about when abortions can be performed and considered in compliance with the narrow medical exception in Texas abortion law.

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