The Life of the Mother Act allows exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
The Life of the Mother Act modifies Texas laws to allow exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions when a physician determines, in reasonable medical judgment, that an abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. The act defines "medical emergency" as a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless an abortion is.
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