Texas Pregnancy the wild, wild west
In 2022, the Supreme Court threw one of Texas’ biggest policies into the national abortion debate when it overturned Roe v. Wade. That resulted in the signing of one of the most draconian abortion laws in the nation, the Texas Heartbeat Act.
The Texas Heartbeat Act
Senate Bill 8, called the Texas Heartbeat Act, prohibits most abortions around six weeks into pregnancy when doctors can usually find fetal cardiac activity. That makes it the only law in the nation that enables private citizens to file lawsuits against abortion providers or those who “aid or abet” an abortion. As a result, providers have been unable to provide services in the state, and access to abortion care has decreased dramatically.
Women’s Health
Impact of Texas Laws on Women Health This means that a whole lot of women have to find the money and means to make the trip out of state for medical services that are painstakingly hideous at the best of times. The laws have led to more self-induced abortions, which can be risky and deadly.
Texas Pregnancy
The fight for women who do decide to carry to term is brutal in Texas. Uninsured or underinsured women lose out on quality prenatal care in the state. Meanwhile, maternal mortality rates for Texas are overall higherthan the national average and are racial and ethnic inequities.
Healthcare Providers
Providers feel the burn of the ethic and the law, weighing the possibility of lawsuits, even criminal accountability, for helping people get abortion care Texas abortion laws leave providers, patients in moral and legal bind
The Fight Continues
Texas still not done with its abortion war However, the court fight over the state abortion laws isn’t finished, and the sides are still trading strikes. Under the next president, reproductive rights — and health care in Texas and the nation for generations to come will be shaped by how we rise to the moment Final Draft of letter to the editor
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