SB 31 aims to prevent maternal mortality under Texas' abortion ban after reports of preventable maternal death and increased rates of sepsis.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three years ago, Dr. Austin Dennard left Texas for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. She later testified in a lawsuit how the state’s near-total ban on abortion put her health at risk.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S.,