This week, Republican State Representative Charlie Geren put forth the Life of the Mother Act in the Texas House. A similar bill was introduced in the state Senate. While the new law wouldn't expand abortion access, it would spell out the circumstances in which doctors are allowed to provide abortion: if the woman "has a physical condition" from pregnancy that puts her "at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless the abortion is performed or induced."