Attorneys for Kate Cox have mentioned that she has left the state to get the abortion that she wants for her well being and well-being.
A pregnant Texas girl who sought court docket permission for an abortion in an unprecedented problem to some of the restrictive bans within the U.S. has left the state to acquire the process, her attorneys mentioned Monday.
The announcement got here as Kate Cox, 31, was awaiting a ruling from the Texas Supreme Courtroom over whether or not she might legally receive an abortion below slender exceptions to the state’s ban. A decide gave Cox permission final week however that call was placed on maintain by the state’s all-Republican excessive court docket.
“Her health is on the line. She’s been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn’t wait any longer,” mentioned Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Middle for Reproductive Rights, which was representing Cox.
It’s unknown the place Cox went to have the process. Texas counties have been passing local laws that ban women from traveling to have an abortion.
Will Texas try to prosecute Kate Cox for having an abortion? Will Cox and her household return to Texas?
Each single story like Kate’s tells the lie behind the “pro-life” mantra. It tells the story of the actual purpose behind the Republican push in opposition to abortion: Management of girls.
It additionally belies the declare Republicans are desperately attempting to make for 2024, which is that their abortion bans will not be dangerous to moms, that they don’t seem to be brutal monsters searching for to inflict torture on ladies and women. Kate’s story tells the reality about these bans: The bans are all about ladies and women having no authority over their very own our bodies.
The state of Texas was attempting to pressure Kate Cox to offer to a child that might both be stillborn or die shortly after start. Cox would have been left sterile if she had the infant. Her well being was struggling, and the message from Republicans in Texas was that she had no rights.
That is Republican America.
Land of the free?
Not for ladies.
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