Hours before the ruling, a group representing the woman, whose fetus received a fatal diagnosis, said she was leaving Texas for an abortion.

The court ruled that the lower court made a mistake in ruling that the woman, Kate Cox, who is more than 20 weeks pregnant, was entitled to a medical exception.

…

Ms. Cox asked the lower court for approval after she learned that her fetus had a fatal condition, and after several trips to the emergency room.

In short, the life or health exemptions to abortion bans in Republican-controlled states are meaningless.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    534·
    1 year ago

    This might turn out really funny even though it’s horrible right now for a lot of people in Texas. All of the women are going to leave if they can, especially ones with money and an education. Then you’re left with the poor people, a bunch of incels and/or white christians fighting over the women that are left. Have fun dumb asses.

    Serious note: If you have a woman or family in your life that you care about or just want to help people, get them out of Texas.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
      50·
      1 year ago

      This case confirms that Republicans will not allow exceptions for the mother’s health. Paxton has now put into writing, as the state’s legal argument, that the legal system can’t go by what doctors consider reasonable. Because then someone could find a doctor who would probably grant it.

      Hang this millstone around every Republican’s neck. Ask every Republican if they agree with Paxton’s death panels; if they agree that it’s okay for the government to get involved and throw red tape when there’s a >5% chance of death without a procedure. Ask them if they would like to rebuke Paxton. And ask what they’ll do to make sure that can’t happen in any state, including Texas – or, if people should vote for a Democrat if they want this fixed.

      Hold their feet to hot fucking coals until there’s sear marks.

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
        302·
        1 year ago

        Nah, we’ll just talk about how Biden is three years older than Trump for the next 11 months.

        • Billiam@lemmy.world
          161·
          1 year ago

          Or his stance on Palestine, or how he isn’t just allowing Russia to steal Ukraine, or Hunter’s dong, or any other fucking thing the media thinks they can use to turn the election into a horse race.

          • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            But if this were the lopsided landslide that it actually should be, the poor media companies will suffer. We can’t just have a normal, run-of-the-mill race any more. That’s not entertaining enough. Nope. Gotta make those quarterly earnings, democracy be damned. I mean, who needs a functioning government these days anyway?

        • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Oh, and how the feelings of The Man On The Street regarding inflation and job insecurity is a reason to…checks notes…punish not only Biden, but all of America for these feelings.

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
        21·
        1 year ago

        When this sort of thing happened in Kansas, Kansas enshrined abortion rights in their constitution.

        When this sort of thing happened in Ohio, Ohio enshrined abortion rights in their constitution.

        Texas politicians want to fuck around, they will find out.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
          141·
          1 year ago

          Only states which were controlled by progressives in the early 20th century have the ability for voters to use a ballot initiative to override the Legislature like that. Much of the country has no such safety mechanism.

            • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
              6·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, fixing it nationally requires taking control over the US Supreme Court and changing the rulings which deem partisan gerrymandering acceptable.

        • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          I don’t know if I feel optimistic about that or not. I lived in Houston for a couple years. Republicans have such a stranglehold over the state that I’m not sure a referendum would be successful like it was in other red states.

          That said, there was also a common line by Texas Democrats that it wasn’t a red state, but a non voting state. With that model, it’s possible for the Republican to raise so much opposition that the traditional non voters sweep the Republicans away for going too far.

          • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
            2·
            1 year ago

            Republicans have a similar stranglehold on both Kansas and Ohio, but the party has a significant split on abortion issues. An awful lot of Republicans see it as a personal freedom issue rather than a “baby murder” issue.

            Hardliners like Ken Paxton really aren’t helping the “pro-life” camp.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      That’s what they want, so they can solidify Texas as a red state for the next 20 years for voting purposes. Nothing else matters bcz this is all just a game to them.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        1 year ago

        That’s probably true, but why should anyone put their wives, their kids or themselves at risk for voting purposes? This can be la life/death situation and isn’t an ephemeral issue.

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
            21·
            1 year ago

            I like how your phone did you wrong, lol. It is a shiny situation. Some people have been saying that they should stay in Florida and Texas even if it’s unsafe for them because of the new laws, glad to hear you’re not one of them.

    • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
      111·
      1 year ago

      Then you’re left with the poor people, a bunch of incels and/or white christians fighting over the women that are left.

      Did you mean to describe all of the south?