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Texas Reproductive Health Law: Where are we now?

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Overview

A health lawyer and maternal fetal medicine specialist review new Texas laws: SB 31 -- new abortion exceptions, including continuing legal and medical education requirements effective 1/1/2026 SB 1233 -- perinatal palliative care information and administrative penalties Special session--TBD? SB 33 prohibiting governmental agencies from paying to facilitate abortions Texas Attorney General Actions & related criminal actions


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Dr. Charles Brown
Clinical Professor
Texas A&M School of Medicine

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Dr. Brown has practiced Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) for over 30 years. He has directed training programs for medical students, ob/gyn and family medicine residents, and MFM fellows. He is a prior District Chair for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) here in Texas, and has served as Chief of Obstetrics at Seton Medical Center, Brackenridge Hospital, and the Austin Women's Hospital.
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Lauren Fine
Clinical Associate Professor
Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

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Dr. Fine is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine and is an inaugural Fellow at the Texas A&M Institute for Healthcare Access. She is grant-funded to lead statewide education efforts to train emergency physicians across Texas in the management of early reproductive emergencies, with a focus on legally compliant, patient-centered care. She earned her B.A. in medical ethics from Brown University and her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where she was one of eleven students in her class chosen to receive a full merit-based scholarship to attend.
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Louise Joy
Member
Reed, Claymon, Meeker, Krienke & Spurck, PLLC

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Louise Joy has been a health lawyer for a long time (33+ years.) Even longer ago she got her masters degree and worked in Healthcare Administration. (There was no EMTALA yet). She and Hilary Young had their own firm for 25 years representing hospitals and health care providers in Texas and around the country. Hilary, Louise and Mare Berliner joined Reed Claymon this year. She's seen a lot --regulatory/operational Health Law will always interesting.
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