{"id":333428,"date":"2025-06-28T08:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=333428"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:14:12","slug":"governor-texas-life-mother-act-concerning-provisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/governor-texas-life-mother-act-concerning-provisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas governor signs ‘Life of the Mother Act’ despite concerning provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Though Governor Greg Abbott has signed the “Life of the Mother Act” into law in Texas \u2014 legislation that was drafted to clarify<\/em> the state’s pro-life law \u2014 there is still concern that it creates dangerous loopholes<\/a> in existing law.<\/p>\n

Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n
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  • Passed earlier this spring, Governor Abbott signed the bill into law after a two-month delay.<\/li>\n
  • The legislation was introduced as a response to unrelenting pro-abortion media propaganda<\/a>, accusing Texas’ pro-life laws of putting women’s lives at risk.<\/li>\n
  • The new law allows abortions to be committed past 20 weeks for \u201cmedical emergencies\u201d with no limit mentioned, even if the child can survive outside of the womb.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Details:<\/h2>\n

    In a press release<\/a>, Abbott announced he had signed Senate Bill 31<\/a>\u00a0along with over 600 other bills.<\/p>\n

    \u201cTexas is where the American dream lives,” he said. “Today, I signed critical legislation passed in the 89th Regular Legislative Session that protects the safety of Texans and safeguards the individual freedoms that our great state was founded on. Working with the Texas Legislature, we will keep Texas the best place to live, work, and raise a family.”<\/p>\n

    Previously, the Texas Health and Safety Code \u00a7 34.001 defined a \u201clife-threatening condition\u201d as \u201ca condition from which the likelihood of death is probable unless the course of the condition is interrupted.\u201d Under the “Life of the Mother Act,” that is changed, with abortion being permitted for any condition that is considered to be \u201ccapable of causing death or potentially fatal\u201d and \u201cis not necessarily one actively injuring the patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

    As previously reported<\/a> by Live Action News, the problem with this vague wording is that countless abortionists say pregnancy itself<\/em> is life-threatening<\/a>, or a medical problem<\/a>, even without any health indications. Court documents have also exposed that Planned Parenthood abortionists likewise say that all abortions<\/a> are “medically necessary.”<\/p>\n

    This bill’s definitions \u2014 along with the allowance of abortion past 20 weeks with no mention of attempting to save the child with potential to survive outside the womb \u2014\u00a0could kill many more babies in Texas.<\/p>\n

    Attorney Lisa Kaufman told Valley Central<\/a> it was necessary for doctors to know when they are able to take action in pregnancy-related emergencies. \u201cThe doctor doesn\u2019t have to wait for her to get sepsis,\u201d she said. \u201cThey know that if you have PPROM, if you don\u2019t intervene, sepsis will happen, and it allows the doctor to intervene right away, before the woman ever gets sick and has the possibility of dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

    But is this really the case?<\/p>\n