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In Texas, for instance, even if previous ultrasounds had indicated severe birth defects, a woman seeking an abortion was required under a 2012 law to have another ultrasound done, "administered by her abortion doctor, and [she had to] listen to a state-mandated description of the fetus she was about to abort", though state-issued guidelines ...
Late termination of pregnancy, also referred to politically as third trimester abortion, [2] describes the termination of pregnancy by inducing labor during a late stage of gestation. [3] In this context, late is not precisely defined, and different medical publications use varying gestational age thresholds. [ 3 ]
The Texas Medical Board's decision to clarify its expectations for physicians treating pregnant patients under a near-total abortion ban has thrust the body into the center of an issue it had ...
Texans on both sides who gave testimony at the meeting agreed that confusion over the state's near-total abortion ban has left doctors terrified. 'Confused and frightened': Texas Medical Board ...
A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors ...
Abortion is illegal in Texas, [203] except when necessary to save the pregnant woman's life. There are no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal abnormalities. [6] [121] [204] The Roe v. Wade case, tried in Texas, stands at the center of years of national debate about the issue of abortion. [205]
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–105 (text), 117 Stat. 1201, enacted November 5, 2003, 18 U.S.C. § 1531, [1] PBA Ban) is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. [2]
Lindsey Graham says his 15-week federal abortion ban is a ban on "late-term" abortions. A normal pregnancy is 40 weeks. 15 weeks is barely into the 2nd trimester.