The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of a Texas anti-abortion law in late June, but the Lone Star state still has plenty of tricks left up its sleeve.
First, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission quietly changed its rules to require that abortion providers bury or cremate fetal tissue instead of using standard medical waste disposal services.
And now, as the Texas Tribune reported Wednesday, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is planning a new version of A Woman’s Right to Know, a mandatory booklet that Texas women receive 24 hours before an abortion procedure that is riddled with lies. The revision also ignores recommendations made by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG), an OB/GYN professional association with over 57,000 members.
The Daily Beast reviewed both the original and revised versions of A Woman’s Right to Know, and found several inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.
“This is a draft booklet,” DSHS spokeswoman Carrie Williams told The Daily Beast in response to a detailed […]