testified that she was denied an emergency abortion when her water broke when she was just 18 weeks pregnant. She said she suffered from a number of medical complications and knew she would miscarry, but doctors
Texas mom of two Kate Cox said she was never a political person before she was denied an abortion last year for a pregnancydoctors told her wouldn't survive, and would risk the possibility of any future pregnancies. But on Tuesday night, she stood to help cast Texas' vote for nominee Kam...
Kate Cox, a woman in Texas pregnant with a nonviable fetus, needs an abortion to save her life. And while a judge granted her the right to an emergency abortion, the state’s Supreme Court temporarily halted it. Cox’s attorney points out that justice de
A woman who was blocked by a court from having an emergency abortion has fled Texas to get "healthcare" outside the state instead, campaigners say. Kate Cox, 31, has been at the centre of a legal battle ever since shesought court approval for the procedureafter her foetus was...
After SB8, participants could not consistently use "medical emergency" language to prevent harm to those with pregnancy complications, citing legislative language and institutional guidance as barriers. Abortion bans, regardless of their "exceptions," impair clinicians' ability to prevent medical ...
A woman who was blocked by a court from having an emergency abortion has fled Texas to get “healthcare” outside the state instead, campaigners say. Kate Cox, 31, has been at the centre of a legal battle ever since shesought court approval for the procedureafter her foetus was diagnosed...
The Biden administration has sued Idaho over its abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, arguing it conflicts with the federal law. “No woman should be denied the care she needs,” Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said in a statement. “All patients, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will not decide a dispute over emergency abortions in Texas. The justices declined to take up the case challenging a lower court order that says hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations.Oct 8, 2024...
Earlier this year, a judge ruledthat women who experience pregnancy complications are exempt from the state's abortion ban. The judge's ruling found the women in the case should have been given abortions, adding they were denied abortions due to "widespread uncertainty" in the medical e...
The Supreme Court in a different case last month denied an emergency request to block Texas' ban on abortions performed after six weeks of pregnancy in a 5-4 vote as the state's law took effect, upholding the most restrictive measures on access to abortion in the nation. The court's deci...