The Texas Supreme Court paused a pregnant woman’s request for an emergency abortion that doctors and her attorney argued would save her life.
The high court froze a lower court’s ruling that ignored state law to allow Kate Cox, 31, a mother of two from the Dallas area to obtain an abortion.
In a one-page order on Friday, the high court said it was temporarily staying Thursday’s ruling “without regard to the merits.” The case is still pending. The order issued by the Travis County court only applied to Cox and no other pregnant Texas women.
Cox’s 20-week-old unborn baby is believed to be disabled and she says the pregnancy has caused her “pain and suffering.”
“While we still hope that the Court ultimately rejects the state’s request and does so quickly, in this case, we fear that justice delayed will be justice denied,” said Molly Duane, an attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Cox.
Cox’s attorneys have said they will not share her abortion plans, citing concerns for her safety. In a filing with the Texas Supreme Court on Friday, her attorneys indicated she was still pregnant.
Cox learned she was pregnant for a third
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