To expand abortion access in Texas, a lawmaker gets creative

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Starting Sept. 1, limited abortion care will be legal in Texas in two pregnancy circumstances. Getting that through the conservative Texas legislature required 'masterful and discreet' lawmaking.

In her blog post, she added that the Texas health department, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Medical Association, and the Texas Hospital Association could all ward off these dangerous situations by educating and providing guidance to doctors and hospitals."The prolonged silence of the medical, legal, and bureaucratic organizations that could end the confusion is unconscionable," she wrote.

The Texas Medical Board, which is a defendant in the Zurawski case, declined NPR's request for comment, citing the pending litigation. So a few weeks after the Texas legislative session started at the beginning of the year, she introduced a bill. Originally, the bill broadly allowed doctors to provide"medically necessary" services.

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