The Texas Medical Board has finally released rules for a law called the Life of the Mother Act (Senate Bill 31). This policy clarifies existing Pro-Life protections and makes sure doctors understand they can give life-saving care to a mother without breaking Texas’ Pro-Life laws. The law also requires ongoing education for physicians and their advising attorneys.

For years, the Texas Medical Board didn’t give clear guidance on Pro-Life laws, which is unusual for them, leaving doctors unsure how to handle complicated situations. The Life of the Mother Act fixes that.

Thanks to the leadership of Senator Bryan Hughes, this law provides doctors with the clarity they need to act quickly in life-threatening situations while upholding Texas’ strong Pro-Life protections.

Here’s what the new rules make clear:

• Treating an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion.
• Removing a deceased child after a natural miscarriage is not an abortion.
• Physicians do not have to wait until a woman is on death’s door before providing care.
• Fetal anomalies alone do not qualify as a medical emergency unless the mother’s life is in danger.

Texas Pro-Life laws have always included an exception for true medical emergencies. Despite this fact, Democrats and the media repeatedly claimed that Pro-Life laws prevent doctors from helping women during medical emergencies. These false claims created confusion and contributed to dangerous delays in care for women experiencing miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and...

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