Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced an executive order, promising legal protection to medical professionals who are afraid to treat complicated pregnancies.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the city won't prioritize investing resources into seeking out violators of the state abortion ban.Houston city leaders announced they are de-prioritizing abortion-related investigations.
"First and foremost, the city of Houston will not prioritize utilizing resources to create any record used against those experiencing miscarriages, seeking abortions, or any other pregnancy outcome," Mayor Sylvester Turner said. "Assault, rapes, domestic abuse. Those are the things that are critically important and that's where our resources need to be directed."
"Physicians have to consult legal counsel before providing care to their patients, when they know what the right thing is to do, when they know the evidence-based state of the art medical answer is, they are being prevented, or having to second guess," Dr. Lori Choi, the chair of the healthcare subcommittee for the Houston Women's Commission, said. "People might consider not practicing here in Houston, Texas.
According to Planned Parenthood, from last September to this June, when most abortions were banned from the moment of fertilization, health centers in states surrounding Texas saw a 550% increase in patients from Texas.Biden administration can't force Texas hospitals to provide emergency abortions, judge rules
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