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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So does the state defined cutoffs for estimated blood loss level, hemoglobin level, vital signs, at which point an abortion is allowed to be performed for emergent reasons?

What if the state prosecutor thinks the hemoglobin level wasn't low enough? Is an abortion allowed to be performed if only one reading is outside of normal?[/quote]

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.171.htm

I am not your unpaid research assistant. [/quote]

I work in healthcare and there is still a lot of grey associated with that list in terms of when one makes a call. So you have a slight infection but your wbc are not elevated, what call to make? Risk of hemorrhage is certain but it hasn't started yet, you have to wait? Basically yes, this does seem to mean waiting until a woman's health proceeds to danger even if the risk nears certainty that it will get there, but hasn't yet.[/quote]

If the woman wants to abort because she is diagnosed with cancer while pregnant, but the fetus is stable and she's only stage 1/2, is she allowed by this list? Does she have to wait till the cancer progresses?[/quote]

This is actually a very good question. I am sure this will be the next case brought in one of the crazy states. I have a friend who had to terminate her first pregnancy to get cancer treatment. This is not uncommon and a woman cannot receive chemo or radiation while pregnant.[/quote]

“Still, the Texas law's vague terminology complicates physicians' ability to determine what's legally permissible care, said Joanna Grossman, a professor at SMU Dedman School of Law. She said nothing in the statute tells a doctor "how much risk there needs to be before we label this legally 'life-threatening.'"

And if a woman can't obtain an abortion through legal means, she has "grim options," according to Hester, the medical ethicist. She'll have to sort through questions like: "Is it best for her to get the cancer treatment on the time scale recommended by medicine," he said, "or to delay that cancer treatment in order to maximize the health benefits to the fetus?"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abortion-laws-cancer-treatment-pregnant-patients/[/quote]

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