Perhaps the most urgent issue facing lawmakers in Dobbs-era Texas will be deciding just how close to the brink of death a pregnant person must come to justify a legal abortion.
from 2017 should have made it clear for doctors: That legislation defined a medical emergency as an ailment that presents"serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function." Seago said the legislation his organization has worked to advance is not meant to block abortions in response to ectopic pregnancies, for instance.
Perhaps the most urgent issue facing Texas lawmakers will be deciding just how close to the brink of death a pregnant person must come to justify a legal abortion. Meanwhile, Republicans still want to see stricter enforcement of the state's laws. Texas Right to Life is pushing for restrictions on traveling out of state for an abortion and punishment for organizations that fund that travel. And for progressive counties such as Travis where district attorneys have committed not to prosecute abortion-related cases, anti-abortion advocates want"avenues to go around the D.A.," such as allowing the A.G.'s Office to prosecute cases that D.A.
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