“My cervix was dilating fully 22 weeks prematurely, and I was inevitably going to miscarry.” She and Josh begged the doctor to see if there was any way to save the baby.“[The doctors] were unable to do their own jobs because of the way that the laws are written in Texas.” Texas law allows for abortion if the mother “has a life-threatening physical condition aggravated, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that places the female at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.” But Texas lawmakers haven’t spelled out exactly what that means, and a doctor found to be in violation of the law can face loss of their medical license and a possible life sentence in prison.“They don’t spell out exactly the situations when an abortion can be provided.” In September, CNN reached out to 28 Texas legislators who sponsored anti-abortion legislation, asking them for their response to CNN stories about the woman in Houston and the woman in central Texas.Going downhill very fast After her water broke, Amanda’s doctors sent her home and told her to watch for signs of infection, and that only when she was “considered sick enough that my life was at risk” would they terminate the pregnancy, Amanda said.“Developing sepsis – which can kill quickly – in a car in the middle of the West Texas desert, or 30,000 feet above the ground, is a death sentence.” So they waited it out in Texas."