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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra and Eleanor Klibanoff

Amid support from doctors group, bill to clarify Texas’ abortion ban does little to save lives, critics say

A patient returns for a follow up appointment to make sure her abortion treatment was successful hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a patient returns for a follow-up appointment to Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022. (Credit: Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribune)

A bipartisan bill to clarify exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban garnered widespread support Thursday from health care professionals and abortion opponents who said the bill would remove any hesitation doctors might have to save a pregnant woman’s life.

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