US EditionA Texas effort to clarify abortion ban reaches a key vote, but doubts remain
- Texas lawmakers scheduled a key House vote on Wednesday for a bill clarifying medical exceptions under its near-total abortion ban enacted in 2022.
- This development follows the 2024 Texas Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law but rejected claims from Dr. Austin Dennard and others denied abortions amid life-threatening complications.
- The bill specifies doctors face no criminal charges for abortions in medical emergencies causing major bodily impairment but excludes exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal anomalies.
- Doctors risk fines up to $100,000 and prison sentences of up to 99 years for illegal abortions, while GOP Sen. Bryan Hughes stated the bill aims to clear confusion among doctors.
- Although Republicans and Democrats unite behind the bill, critics including medical professionals and some abortion-rights groups doubt it will ease compliance or adequately protect patients.
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Texas House greenlights bipartisan bill clarifying when doctors can perform ‘life-saving’ abortions
Doctors would not need to wait until a risk to their pregnant patient’s life is “imminent” or until the patient is physically impaired, according to the bill.
·Pflugerville, United States
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