Post by aj2hall on Oct 31, 2024 21:20:43 GMT
I find it abhorrent when the supposed “pro-life” folks flippantly make statements like, “Well, there are exceptions for situations like THAT,” when very clearly in states with these restrictive bans there obviously aren’t. Otherwise these women wouldn’t be left either dead or unable to conceive future children.
I remember sitting in one of my birthing classes and the instructor said, “One in three deliveries will end up with a C-section.” The other moms and I all looked around the room nervously at each other, and every one of us was thinking, “I hope it’s not me.” And yet, YUP it was me. What that situation taught me was that when it comes to things like this you JUST NEVER KNOW when it *will* be you or someone you care about who is faced with the unexpected. I was so thankful to have a competent medical team attending to me and that I wound up with a healthy kid.
apnews.com/article/abortion-kate-cox-texas-exceptions-e85664b2ab76bcb689b1b91913d3e33e
Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn’t show her life was in danger
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal condition, did not qualify for an abortion in Texas: not after four emergency room visits, elevated vital signs, risks of a uterine rupture and with her ability to have more children in jeopardy.
The Texas Supreme Court’s rejection of the mother of two’s request for an exception under the state’s restrictive ban has laid bare the high threshold women in many states must meet to get the procedure: pregnancy complications that pose life-threatening danger to the mother.
“These laws reflect the policy choice that the Legislature has made, and the courts must respect that choice,” the court’s nine Republican justices said in their ruling late Monday.
The state’s Republican attorney general had for a week argued that Cox did not meet the standard for an exception, despite appeals from her attorneys that her health was deteriorating. Hours before the order came down, Cox’s attorney said she could no longer wait for the procedure and had already left Texas to get an abortion in another state.
apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-ban-lawsuit-supreme-court-ruling-53b871dcd40b2660604980e5daa19512
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
In a unanimous ruling, the all-Republican court upheld the Texas law that opponents say is too vague when it comes to when medically necessary exceptions are allowed. The same issue was at the center of a separate lawsuit brought last year by Kate Cox, a mother of two from Dallas, who sought court permission to obtain an abortion after her fetus developed a fatal condition during a pregnancy that resulted in multiple trips to an emergency room.
The decision galled doctors and opponents who say it underscored how, even though such bans allow abortions to save a mother’s life, the laws are vague on how close to death a patient must be to get the procedure.
