New rules are in the works about abortion bans in Texas. Almost nobody’s happy.

Cox said the state of Texas didn’t help her when she needed an abortion in December 2023. “I’m afraid the rules this board is now proposing wouldn’t have helped me either,” she told the panel.

Many people commented that the rules failed to reassure physicians that they can provide an abortion without having to wait for a patient to get sicker and sicker.

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