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.

The medical director of the Texas state board which oversees medical regulation and licensing resigned this week after he was outed as a Planned Parenthood employee

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.

The Texas Medical Board director retired this week, after conservatives launched an attack against him for his work with Planned Parenthood.