Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctor or hospital involved in performing an emergency abortion on a woman who was 20 weeks pregnant, prompting a court to order her an abortion on doctors’ grounds. had allowed.
Just hours after a judge ruled that Kate Cox’s case fell within the exceptions allowed under Texas’ strict abortion ban laws, Paxton said in a letter that the ruling did not protect doctors from criminal prosecution.
The Texas attorney general’s office opposed 31-year-old Cox’s request to terminate the pregnancy. The woman was forced to go to court, arguing that although she and her husband desperately wanted the child, doctors warned them it was not viable and posed a risk to their health and fertility.
Kate Cox case
During Thursday morning’s emergency hearing, Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that Cox’s case is within the… Exceptions are allowed by law.
The judge’s order should protect the doctor performing the abortion and all other parties involved in the process.
However, Paxton said the judge’s order “will not exempt hospitals, physicians or others from civil and criminal liability for violations of Texas abortion laws.”
The prosecutor sent a letter to three hospitals in Houston where Cox’s doctor, Damla Karsan, could perform the abortion.
Paxton says it’s important to understand “the long-term consequences” for facilities and physicians if they allow the procedure. (EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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