A Texas state court authorized an emergency order allowing a pregnant woman to get an abortion — flying in the face of the state’s strict anti-abortion bans and the first case of its kind since Roe was overturned.
Kate Cox’s baby was diagnosed with full trisomy 18 — and her baby may not survive until birth, and if the baby does, the life would only span for minutes, hours or days, her attorney, Molly Duane said.
Ms Cox was seeking a temporary restraining order to allow her to have an abortion. She is taking on the state of Texas and the state’s medical board
The attorney added that Ms Cox’s only options in Texas are an induction or a C-section, which are both dangerous for her future fertility since she has already had two C-sections. Ms Cox and her husband, Justin Cox, “may not be able to have more children in the future” if she doesn’t get an abortion, Ms Duane said.
“The idea that Ms Cox wants desperately to be a parent and that this law might cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice,” Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said while tearing up in court on Thursday.
Update: Ken Paxton is a monster – Paxton asking TX Supreme Court to Force a woman to give birth to a non viable fetus
Woke up this morning to this: Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling allowing woman to have emergency abortion
The lawsuit was filed as the State Supreme Court is weighing whether the state’s strict abortion ban is too restrictive for women who suffer from severe pregnancy complications. An Austin judge ruled earlier this year that women who experience extreme complications could be exempt from the ban, but the ruling is on hold while the all-Republican Supreme Court considers the state’s appeal.
In the arguments before the state Supreme Court, the state’s lawyers suggested that a woman who is pregnant and receives a fatal fetal diagnosis could bring a “lawsuit in that specific circumstance.”
Guess not. Republicans may SAY they are moderate about the issues regarding women’s healhcare about they are not. What Paxton, who is an indicted crook waiting for his own trial next year, did is wanton cruelty and no woman should be fooled that Republicans don’t want to completely control what they can do with their own bodies, particularly where Republicans want to prevent abortion and force birth even in the case of fetal issues, rape and incest.
