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Texas Senate passes bill allowing doctors to lie to patients suspected of wanting abortions
“The Republican war on honesty continues. This week, the Texas Senate passed an extreme anti-choice bill that would allow doctors to withhold information from patients about their pregnancy if they think the news would encourage the patient to seek an abortion.
Senate Bill 25, which will now be sent to the Texas House, prevents parents from suing their doctor if their baby is born with disabilities, even if that doctor discovered the condition during routine prenatal testing and failed to inform the parents.
The architects of the so-called “wrongful-birth” bill have argued it would protect children with disabilities and prevent doctors from facing unnecessary facing lawsuits. “It is unacceptable that doctors can be penalized for embracing the sanctity of life,” Senator Brandon Creighton (R-TX) said in a press release when he introduced the legislation last fall.”
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