Navigating the Challenges of Texas HB 3994: Impacts on Minors and Immigrants Seeking Abortion Access

Name Institutional affiliations Date House Bill 3994 was signed into law by Governor Abbott on 12 June 2015. The bill was introduced by the Texas house of representatives related to the notice and consent to an abortion for minor and associated requirements. The law passed insinuated that physicians are obliged to assume that a pregnant woman is a minor unless they produce valid government identity cards as proof of being adults (Coleman-Minahan et al., 2017). To t