Court Allows Texas Woman Carrying Doomed Fetus to Get Abortion
In a historic ruling, a Texas judge has granted a pregnant woman’s request to block the state’s abortion ban and allow her to end her pregnancy.
Lawyers from the Center for Reproductive Rights petitioned the court Monday to allow Kate Cox, 31, to terminate her pregnancy after she learned the fetus had a fatal condition. Cox’s lawyers argued that continuing the pregnancy to term would jeopardize her health and could impact her future fertility.
"The idea that Miss Cox wants desperately to be a parent, and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking, and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice," Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said in Thursday, granting Cox's application for a temporary restraining order.