The ruling handed down Friday suggests patients with complicated pregnancies can seek abortions in the state without prosecution of those who aid in and perform the procedure.
A group of women who were denied abortions in Texas are asking an Austin court to clarify when an abortion might be allowed.
A Texas judge on Friday issued a temporary exemption to the state's abortion ban that would allow women with complicated pregnancies to obtain the procedure and keep doctors free from prosecution if they determined the fetus will not survive after birth.State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum of Austin wrote that the state's attorney general cannot prosecute doctors who, in their "good faith judgment," terminate a complicated pregnancy.
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