Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling allowing woman to have emergency abortion
The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court ruling allowing Kate Cox, a Dallas woman, to have an emergency abortion. Cox’s fetus has been diagnosed with trisomy 18, a chromosomal abnormality that in most cases results in either stillbirth or the infant’s early death. This case is crucial as the Texas Supreme Court is also considering whether the state’s strict abortion ban is too restrictive for women experiencing severe pregnancy complications. The country’s strictest abortion laws are in Texas, where abortions are banned after about six weeks of pregnancy and performing an abortion is a criminal act unless the patient’s life is at risk.
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