According to Reuters on December 9, senior Democratic leaders and rights groups condemned the decision of the Texas Supreme Court to temporarily block a pregnant woman from having an emergency abortion on December 9.
The Texas Supreme Court on the 9th called off the lower court's ruling to allow 31-year-old Kate Cox to have an emergency abortion. Cox asked the court to grant him an abortion because the fetus was diagnosed Nov. 27 with Edwards' syndrome, a genetic variant that often causes miscarriage, stillbirth or death after birth.
The Fertility Rights Center said on the same day: "While our client, Kate, is going through a medical crisis, Texas is using its health as political football." Texas' approach is intolerable. ”
The legal battle is a major test since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion nationwide last year, the report said.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on the 9th: "Republicans in Texas and across the country are risking their mothers' lives. ”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has warned that any doctor involved in providing emergency abortion services will be prosecuted.
Biden's 2024 campaign called Cox's story "appalling" and "heartbreaking." (Compiled by Xu Yanhong).