In Texas, where doctors face up to 99 years of prison if convicted of performing an illegal abortion, medical and legal experts say the law is complicating decision-making around emergency pregnancy care.

Although the state law says termination of ectopic pregnancies is not considered abortion, the draconian penalties scare Texas doctors from treating those patients,

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    5 months ago

    This is what happens when a political party decides it knows more than doctors. Really pisses me off

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      You’re giving them way too much credit. They’re not playing doctor, they’re playing “Christian Autocrat” and near-death pregnancies are just the price of doing business.