Texas wants this woman to carry her nonviable baby to term

👏👏👏 Your questions will never be answered in this lifetime. The one who moos and bellows does not have the personal integrity for critical analysis of any repubs and will never, ever take responsibility for their votes for the cons and liars which fucked women. They lap that rightwing shit right up and agree with all of it. Their many posts are proof of that. Ya can't fix twisted.

I hope they keep them warm at night.

Unfortunately I agree.

Why did her attorney announce it?

What a terrible situation, which no one expects or deserves. I feel for her. It has gone on much too long without reasonable or compassionate resolution.

After following this story for a while, it occurred to me (I understand I am making huge assumptions based on the little fact I’ve heard or found)…

I wonder how she and her family votes/voted and plans on voting in the future. Did she vote for abortion restrictions? If she did, and when she is able to reflect, will she see Texas’s, and other abortion, restrictions as an affront to all women? Will she feel that only certain circumstances deserve the right for women to make medical decisions for themselves? How will this experience impact the political beliefs of those close to her? I am always curious about how people’s experiences evolve or don’t evolve their worldview.

I know I will never know the answers; it’s more of a theoretical/philosophical reflection based on my curiosity of what makes others tick.

And yet they do nothing to save a VIABLE child, outside the womb, in a CLASSROOM! NOTHING. Thoughts and prayers, I guess.

And I am a gun owner who does not want a lot of government interference with my guns - but COME ON! They can't stick their heads in the sand over kids getting murdered by guns in schools (and elsewhere) but have a conniption fit about a woman's right to choose.

I'm guessing since she's willing to challenge the law and put up with everything that entails from the media to the courtroom that she supports a woman's right to choose.  Pure speculation, but that's a lot to subject yourself to on top of an already tragic situation.

eta - She contacted a legal organization supporting abortion rights who filed suit for her.  The group is also involved in another case trying to clarify exemptions.  I'm guessing based on the Texas Supreme Court, there will be very few exemptions.

reproductiverights.org

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/texas-abortion-ban.html

This case is unusual for Cox’s willingness to wage a legal fight while suffering a medical catastrophe, but not for the cruel bind the state placed her in. The day Cox received the terrible news about her fetus, the Texas Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments in Zurawski v. Texas, a suit brought by two doctors and 20 women who had been denied medically necessary abortions and were seeking to clarify the scope of emergency exemptions to the state’s ban. Among the plaintiffs is Amanda Zurawski, who was 18 weeks pregnant after a year and half of fertility treatments when her water broke. Although her pregnancy had no chance of surviving, she was denied an abortion until she became septic. Zurawski ended up spending days in an intensive care unit, and has been left with damage to her reproductive tract that will most likely make it harder for her to become pregnant again.

Turning to Google in the midst of her own crisis, Cox learned about the Zurawski case and got in touch with the legal organization representing the 20 women, the Center for Reproductive Rights. That group quickly filed suit on her behalf,

Well, I would like your post that SHE can't be arrested but I think it absolutely sucks that anyone helping her is at risk. Thanks for clearing that up for me. 

TX Supreme Court sided with Paxton. Fuck them.

I hope this also helps those who keep saying that the laws allow for the exemption for health of mother to understand that it takes a lot for those exceptions to be allowed.

Back when Roe v Wade was overturned, I got into a "discussion" or two with my super religious, far right relatives about the ramifications of this decision. It was mainly one aunt and one cousin who were literally gleeful that it was overturned. I remember telling them that it's not the black and white issue that they seem to think it is, that there are lots of shades of gray in there. I even have a couple of cousins who have had abortions to terminate pregnancies with babies who had horrible conditions. (To be fair, my aunt and cousin don't know this--I only know because they felt safe sharing with me because of the work I do). But I tried telling them that sometimes, there are issues which make women need to have an abortion, and making it across the board illegal will make it harder for those women. My aunt said to me, and this is an exact quote: "I'm sure states will figure those situations out." Yeah. THIS is how states are "figuring it out." Charging women who have stillbirths at home with abuse of a corpse because they delivered their baby in a toilet. Or what is happening now with this poor mom in Texas. I'm honestly surprised we don't hear more stories like this one. 


My cousin who was very outspoken and joyful about Roe V Wade being overturned is now a first time grandma to be. You can't even fathom how many times I have wanted to ask her how she would feel right now if her daughter was lying in an ER with a baby with a heartbeat but in her tube laying there in agony while a doctor has to wait for approval from a hospital ethics committee to remove the ectopic pregnancy. Or how would she feel after her daughter had her 20 week ultrasound, that she just recently had, and found out something terrible was wrong. 


I am so incredibly sad and angry and downright disgusted. I don't know why people can't get out of their own little bubble and realize the ramifications of their "pro life" stance has now caused for who knows how many women. 

I hope that all goes well with her procedure and that she goes on to have another healthy baby. I also hope that her husband and lawyer aren’t sued for helping her. It’s really sad as they wanted this baby this is why there are supposed to be exceptions. It’s a horrible situation in its own then add in the added issues of the laws in Texas. I feel so bad for them but I hope this helps change some minds about the issue.

I hate it here. I still can't wrap my head around the discussions I've had with my 14 yo about how she has less rights than I did at her age. Oh, and here's a birth control implant because you have no choices. I'd like to tell you we will vote the **ckers out, but they just change the maps to make sure they win.

I hope that woman gets the care she needs and she doesn't have any complications from any of this.