The Texas Medical Board and the Futility of Medical Exceptions to Abortion Bans

JAMA. 2024 Jun 25;331(24):2073-2074. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.9027.
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint describes the failure of yet another state institution to generate meaningful guidance about medical exceptions to abortion bans.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Induced / ethics
  • Abortion, Induced / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Abortion, Legal* / ethics
  • Abortion, Legal* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Delivery of Health Care* / ethics
  • Delivery of Health Care* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Delivery of Health Care* / standards
  • Female
  • Governing Board* / ethics
  • Governing Board* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Maternal Health Services* / ethics
  • Maternal Health Services* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Maternal Health Services* / standards
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Medical Futility / ethics
  • Medical Futility / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / mortality
  • Pregnancy Complications* / surgery
  • Quality of Health Care / ethics
  • Quality of Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Quality of Health Care / standards
  • Texas / epidemiology