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

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

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.