Texas judge authorizes abortion for Kate Cox, woman with life-threatening pregnancy

A pregnant woman in Texas on Thursday obtained permission from a court to abort her fetus, which was diagnosed with a terminal defect, becoming the first in that state to appeal to a judge after the Supreme Court. U.S eliminated in 2022 the right to terminate pregnancy.

Kate Cox31 years old and 20 weeks pregnant, went to court last Tuesday to end the case pregnancy This puts your life at risk.

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Cox’s lawyers argued that she and her husband desperately wanted to have the baby, but doctors warned her that it was not viable and posed a health and safety risk. fertility of the mother.

At an emergency hearing, Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said Cox’s case falls within the exceptions allowed under the country’s strict abortion ban law. Texasa republican state.

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The magistrate’s order will protect the doctor performing the abortion and any other party involved in the procedure.

“The idea that Ms. Cox desperately wants to be a mother and that this law could cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a true miscarriage of justice,” The Texas Tribune quoted the judge at the hearing as saying.

O Texas Attorney General’s Office You can go to a higher court to challenge the decision.

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Texas passed the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in U.Seven before Supreme Court of Justicewhich eliminated a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy in 2022.

In September 2021 it came into force in TexasIt is the “Heartbeat Law”, which prohibits abortion if cardiac activity is detected in the fetus, something that happens at six weeks of gestation, when many women do not even know they are pregnant.

Source: Elcomercio

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