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.

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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.

  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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    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.