TX doctors Ass. condemns abortion ban, says it encourages "vigilante interference" in doctor-patient

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The Texas Medical Association slammed the state Legislature on Friday, calling its passage of two anti-abortion bills “unconstitutional” and an interference with the fundamental patient-physician relationship.

“Enough,” the organization wrote in a statement. “The Texas Medical Association supports our physicians specializing in women’s health and opposes legislation in Senate Bill 8 of Texas’ 87th legislative session and Senate Bill 4 of this special session. SB 4 contains language that criminalizes the practice of medicine. Both bills interfere with the patient-physician relationship.”

The statement came during a week when Texas has been at the center of the national abortion debate.

On Wednesday, SB 8, which bans abortion after six weeks, including in instances of rape and incest, went into effect. The new law is a near-total ban on abortion and one of the strictest such measures in the country.

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1. "Ass." in the title has to make you wonder a little where this is going. I thought "Asst.".....

......not "Assoc.", but really read it as "Ass" at first. That said, good for them. Doctors and their associations are usually on the right side of most issues.