Texas sues to allow emergency abortion

A Texas woman asked a court Tuesday to allow her an abortion despite the state’s near-total ban on the procedure, claiming her fetus was likely ready. it was unprofitable and continuing the pregnancy endangered her health.

In a lawsuit initially filed in Travis County, Texas, the district court against Attorney General Ken Paxton requested that 20-week pregnant Kate Cox be granted a temporary restraining order allowing her to see a doctor. have an abortion without being prosecuted.

He asked the court to decide “carefully”.

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Cox said her fetus was recently diagnosed with a genetic abnormality called trisomy 18, which normally does not allow for a viable pregnancy.

Cox’s doctors told him that if he were born alive, the baby would likely survive only a few days. Cox claims that because she had already had two C-sections, she would have to undergo a third if she continued the pregnancy, which could jeopardize her ability to have more children, according to the lawsuit.

However, due to Texas’ abortion ban, Ms. Cox’s doctors have informed her that “her hands are tied” and that she must wait until then. Her baby will either die inside her or carry the pregnancy to term and then be forced into a pregnancy a third C-section, only to watch her baby die,” the lawsuit said.

Texas’ abortion ban only provides an exception to save the mother’s life or prevent significant impairment of a major bodily function. Cox’s lawsuit asks the court to rule that the requested abortion falls within the exception and that enforcing the ban under these circumstances would violate the state constitution.

Cox’s husband, Justin Cox, and Damla Karsan, a gynecologist who says she would have an abortion without the ban, are also plaintiffs.

Paxton did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reuters).