The medical director of the Texas Medical Board has retired, less than two weeks after conservative lawmakers publicized his employment with a Planned Parenthood laboratory.

A top official at the Texas Medical Board has stepped down after far-right state lawmakers launched a pressure campaign over his reported employment with a Planned Parenthood laboratory. Agency spokesperson Spencer Miller-Payne confirmed in an email that Medical Director Robert Bredt submitted his retirement paperwork on Jan.

Greg Abbott, the medical director role is hired by agency leadership. According to his resumé, Bredt also worked at Planned Parenthood South Texas Laboratory since 2011, as well as Genics ...