A woman who is 20 weeks pregnant filed what is believed to be the first lawsuit of its kind since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade last year. Kate Cox is a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area.
On Thursday Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble issued a temporary restraining order. The judge ruled that Cox could abort her baby. This was believed to be the first time in at least 50 years that a judge intervened to allow a pregnant adult woman to abort her baby.
Cox wasn’t seeking an abortion because the baby was unwanted but because her doctor said the pregnancy was nonviable and a risk to her health. The pregnancy is also a risk to her future fertility. Her lawsuit was a historic one that was filed on Tuesday.
Abortion law in Texas is among the most stringent of state laws. Essentially, abortion is extremely rare and not often legally performed in Texas.
Existing laws prohibit all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy except for medical emergencies, and the passed heartbeat bill legislation prohibits providers from performing an abortion after a fatal heartbeat is detected. The court’s ruling on August 4, 2023, provides a good faith exception…
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