Telemedicine

Prescribing medical abortions across state lines is now risky for doctors. "We're talking about something that's a protected right in one state and a felony in a sister state," says one legal scholar.

Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine, or TCHATT, was created in response to an increasing number of children who are unable to access mental health services, mostly due to a low number of providers.

Mental health care providers in Austin say they're finding it hard to provide telemedicine services to a big chunk of their patients – particularly those…