Reproductive Health Policy
Texas has a long history of short-changing women’s health, especially for women of color and low-income women. Recent extreme bans on abortion have created an environment of fear and anxiety that is impacting all of women’s healthcare.
Let’s fix this.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
The Texas Medical Board’s proposed rule clarifying Texas’ abortion ban exception is open for public comment. The public comment period will last at least until the Board’s next meeting, which is June 20, 2024, and could last longer if the Board decides to extend it. If you have comments about the rule, now is the time to speak up. Before you make your comments, you’ll want to read through the proposed rule, which you can find here.
4 ways to submit a comment:
Send the Medical Board an email
Texas Impact has set up a “click to email” form you can easily customize with your comments.
Fill out the Medical Board’s online form
The form is very prescriptive about how you must structure your responses, so if you just want to make a general comment, sending an email (Option 1) probably is a better bet.
Sign a petition
You can sign and share Texas Impact’s petition to the Medical Board. Our petition will be submitted as a single public comment with thousands of signatories.
Print and mail
Texas Impact has created printable comment form that you can fill out and mail back to us. We will deliver all the paper forms to the Medical Board.
No matter how you make your comment, we hope you’ll take two additional steps after you make it.
First, we hope you’ll let your legislators know that you submitted a comment—they will be eager to know that their constituents are participating in the process.
Second, we hope you’ll tell other folks in your community. State agency rulemaking can feel like “inside baseball,” and it’s helpful for people to know that their friends and neighbors are involved in the process. You could post about it on social media, for example.
GET INFORMED
Coming to Terms: The Vocabulary of Reproductive Policy
Dr. Charlie Brown, MD, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faith and Reproductive Health Policy
Get Involved
Common Concerns: Shared Stories for Texas Women
Let’s talk about it: be part of a small group conversation with a diverse group of women sharing their perspectives on reproductive policy and seeking areas of common ground.
Join the Reproductive Policy Issue Team
Meet weekly on Zoom with fellow advocates from across the state and work together to strengthen reproductive policy in Texas.