By Olivia Aldridge
AUSTIN, Texas — Across the 18 states that have banned or tightly restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, questions have persisted over when doctors can perform abortions in medical emergencies.
State lawmakers out of Texas say a newly passed law called the Life of the Mother Act should clarify for doctors in the state where to draw the line. Reproductive rights advocates and medical groups are watching to see if it saves lives.
In Texas, abortion is only permitted when a woman’s life or one of her major bodily functions is at risk, but doctors have said it’s unclear what qualifies under such emergency medical exceptions. The penalties are steep if they get it wrong: In Texas, doctors face a sentence of up to 99 years in prison, fines and the loss of their medical license.
Dr. Emily Briggs is a family physician in Central Texas who says she fields a lot of questions about the ban from young doctors who train at her practice…
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