Texas Medical Board Issues Clarified Rules for Emergency Abortions

New guidelines specify documentation requirements and address physician concerns but leave some issues unresolved.

Doctors have seven days to document their decision-making process for emergency abortions.
The requirement to consider patient transfer to higher care facilities has been removed.
Abortions are explicitly allowed for ectopic pregnancies and do not require imminent danger to proceed.
The board excluded a list of conditions for permissible abortions, citing the uniqueness of each case.
Concerns remain about physicians' comfort and potential legal challenges under the new rules.