State rule sought on doctors, new abortion laws
An official asks if physicians can be criminally charged for performing banned procedures
By JANET ELLIOTT
July 13, 2006
Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau

AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has been asked to rule whether laws passed in 2003 and 2005 could subject doctors to capital murder charges for performing late-term abortions or abortions on minors without their parents' consent.

State Affairs Chairman David Swinford, R-Amarillo, asked for the opinion, citing an analysis by a state prosecutors group that said murder prosecutions of doctors could be an "unintended consequence" of the law changes. the rest