Under current Texas law, abortions are illegal after about six weeks. Already, some doctors report they’re compromising care out of fear of violating the law. Texas may be a harbinger of what’s to come if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Sign up for The BriefDoctors worried about getting sued under Texas’ restrictive abortion law have delayed treating pregnancy complications until patients’ lives were in danger, according to a paper from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project.
The paper, which was authored by TxPEP researchers, maternal-fetal medicine specialists and abortion providers, highlights the experiences of 25 clinicians and 20 people who have experienced pregnancy complications. And even when patients were able to qualify for an abortion under the life-saving exemption, some doctors report being unable to get nurses or anesthesiologists to assist on these procedures for fear that they will be seen as “aiding and abetting” in an abortion, which is prohibited by the law.
Clinicians also reported confusion over whether they can even counsel patients on abortion as an option or direct them to out-of-state clinics.
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