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.

  • spaceghoti@lemmy.one
    671·
    11 months ago

    Hopefully, she can afford to stay out of Texas. Her life and safety are at risk, as well as legal jeopardy from these shenanigans.

    • Bizarroland@kbin.social
      441·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, if I were her I would never go back to Texas. Who knows if some jackass is going to try to make their career off of imprisoning her for getting an out of state abortion?

    • JayEnglish
      211·
      11 months ago

      Sadly that’s still a win for texas. One less vote against them.

      • TwoGems@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        11 months ago

        It’s not like we could get anyone to vote anyway. They had the opportunity to show up and didn’t.

        Just 45.7% of 17.7 million voters showed up.