'Confused and frightened': Texas Medical Board guidance on abortion ban exceptions unveiled

The Texas Medical Board hewed closely to state law in its draft guidelines released Friday outlining medical exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban, leaving many residents discouraged over what they called a continued lack of clarity about which health conditions must be present to legally terminate a pregnancy. "Putting all the definitions in one place, that’s helpful. But it doesn’t tell you any more about what you should do or not do," Steve Bresnen, whose joint petition with his wife, Amy, spurred the board to act after almost two...