Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking emergency abortion after she leaves state for procedure
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Kate Cox's emergency request after she left the state. "Her health is on the line," said the Center for Reproductive Rights.
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Exec Summary
Texas woman with 2 kids gets pregnant with 3rd. Shes having a difficult pregnancy, and is in emergency room for various issues. As a result, gets tested for various things and discoveries that baby has chromosomal defect that means it will die in womb or at birth (rare, but known condition). Carrying baby creates risks for her health AND makes it less likely she can have any more kids - which she wants. Doctor say. the way the Texas exception is written, we can't do an abortion at this point, even though we all acknowledge that continuing to carry the baby creates more risk.
She becomes a test case and sues - basically is the really the type of situation where you don’t want exceptions? State says hell yes.
If Dems have half a brain around election strategy, a National abortion ban, whether Republicans like it (or admit it) or not, will be on the ballot in 2024 because of situations like this. We’ve seen how that will go for them…
