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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB737Relating to the duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee and the collection, maintenance, and disclosure of maternal health records regarding miscarriage and lack of access to therapeutic termination of pregnancy.
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AbortionotherAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Expands the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee's study and data collection to include cases related to miscarriage or lack of access to therapeutic termination of pregnancy, and allows collection of such records that were previously excluded.
study and review: (A) cases of pregnancy-related deaths, including deaths related to miscarriage or threatened miscarriage or attributable to lack of access to therapeutic termination of pregnancy;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands the duties and data collection of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee to cover pregnancy-related deaths and morbidity linked to miscarriage or lack of access to therapeutic termination of pregnancy, and carves out an exception to prior restrictions on collecting records related to termination of pregnancy for these specific cases. This is a study, reporting, and data-collection measure with no change to legal access to abortion or any other axis.
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