The Hidden Line in Texas Law Protects the Right to an Abortion

State law protects the right to an abortion when the life of the mother is at stake, or that a serious impairment of a major bodily function is at stake. But what asa practical matter? A doctor is still going to be deterred from exercising their best medical judgment in that situation. The person who ultimately decides whether or not a, the person who ultimately decide whether or not the abortion was justified, isn't a doctor. It's a prosecutor. And therefore, that's going to have a chilling effect on life saving medical care.