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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 ...
The Texas Medical Board, composed of 11 physicians and 5 public members appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, first proposed its new rules governing when doctors can legally perform an abortion in March ...
The Texas Medical Board will consider language to clarify what qualifies as a medical exception to the state's abortion laws at an upcoming March 22 board meeting. The meeting agenda was published ...
Governor Kevin Stitt signed three bills in 2021 that introduced new restrictions on abortion. One bill would revoke a medical license for people who perform abortions, another would ban abortions if a heartbeat is detected, and the third would require board-certified OB-GYN doctors be the only ones who can perform abortions. [173]
Alaska, Hawaii, California, and New York were the only four states that made abortion legal between 1967 and 1970 that did not require a reason to request an abortion. [4] California amended its abortion law in 1967 to address the disconnect between legal and medical justifications for therapeutic exceptions.
The Texas medical board met Friday to discuss a proposed rule to provide clearer guidance to doctors about medical exceptions for abortions.
The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints ...
The rules can help physicians understand how the board will review challenges to their medical licenses, but they cannot protect doctors who might face civil or criminal charges over alleged ...