Texas woman exits state for abortion after court ruling pause

By Better Today On Dec 11, 2023

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A Texas woman named Kate Cox, who had sought a legal medical exemption for an abortion, has left the state after the Texas Supreme Court paused a lower court decision that would permit her to have the procedure. Cox’s doctors had informed her that her baby suffered from the chromosomal disorder trisomy 18, which usually results in stillbirth or an early death of an infant. The Texas Supreme Court’s ruling came following a warning from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to a Texas medical center about possible legal consequences if an abortion were performed.

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In Austin, Texas, a woman who sought a medical exemption for an abortion has left Texas after the Supreme Court halted a ruling allowing her abortion, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Judge Maya Guerra Gamble had ruled that Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, could terminate her pregnancy due to her baby suffering from trisomy 18, a chromosomal disorder often resulting in stillbirth or early infant death. In response, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened legal consequences to any medical center performing the abortion.

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