Can Texas' abortion ban be fixed? Skeptics say an effort to "clarify" the law could make it worse

Texas state lawmakers have united around two , bipartisan bills that seek to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 , at least three women have died in Texas as a result of its abortion ban, which outlaws abortion at all stages of pregnancy and criminalizes providing an abortion with penalties including life in prison, $ 100,000 -minimum fines and medical license revocation.

The bill could criminalize people and groups helping pregnant people access abortion care outside of Texas .

As written, the bill still contains a number of ambiguities that don't adequately clarify the requirements to warrant an exception.

The bill doesn't appear likely to change the already hostile landscape, an abortion expert says.