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Kate Cox case reveals toll of US abortion bans on women in medical emergencies

Lawsuits from women denied the procedure despite health risks shows how bans don’t allow for complexities of pregnancy

The Guardian - US

Kate Cox’s ‘hellish’ experience reveals the reality of Texas’s abortion exceptions

The legal fight between Kate Cox and Texas courts over her medical emergency underscores the need for states to quickly clarify their sweeping anti-abortion laws Ariana Baio and Kelly Rissman report

The Independent UK

Republicans can’t make abortion go away in 2024

The Kate Cox story and the Supreme Court taking up the abortion pill case means that Republicans won’t be able to avoid the topic come next year

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Beto O'Rourke Fights for Women's Rights Amid Texas Abortion Crisis

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Woman suing Kentucky over abortion laws learns her embryo no longer viable

Woman, referred to as Jane Doe in court documents, was about eight weeks pregnant when she filed lawsuit against state

The Guardian - US

Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws

The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court. She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans' Kate Cox roadmap

The conflict between a mother of two and Texas embodies the larger battle for the soul of America

Salon

Biden Says Case Of Woman Forced To Leave Texas For Abortion 'Outrageous'

US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy.

International Business Times

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn't show her life was in danger

The Texas Supreme Court's rejection of a mother of two's request for an exception under the state's restrictive abortion ban has laid bare the high threshold women in many states must meet to get the procedure

The Independent UK

Texas abortion denial is pure cruelty

It's yet another chapter in a culture that’s obsessed with minimizing women's pain

Salon

Kate Cox case: what led to the Texan fleeing the state for an abortion?

Texas mother sued to obtain procedure after learning of non-viable pregnancy, but state supreme court overruled decision

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Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

Attorneys for a pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion say she's learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

The Guardian - US

‘Stunning’ threat in Texas abortion case steps up Paxton criminalization crusade

State attorney general threatened to prosecute doctors if they provided abortion care to a woman with a nonviable pregnancy

The Guardian - US

Kate Cox begged Texas to let her end a dangerous pregnancy. She won’t be the last

Two years ago, a woman like Cox was able to control her body on her own terms. Now, she has to go before a court and beg

Reason

Texas' Abortion Law Test

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Up First briefing: SCOTUS asked to take on Trump immunity; office party etiquette

Special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to hear a dispute on whether Trump has immunity. How to survive your office holiday party.

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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman's Abortion After She Leaves State

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from Dallas, is more than 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus with a rare genetic defect, full trisomy 18, which means it will likely die before birth or at most live a few days.

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman who fled state for judge approved abortion

Kate Cox, whose foetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition, was granted a temporary restraining order last week, authorising her to seek an emergency abortion

WEKU

A woman who sued Texas for access to abortion seeks a procedure out of state instead

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, is ill and carrying a fetus with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. She decided to leave Texas to get an abortion.

International Business Times

Texas Woman Forced To Leave State For Emergency Abortion

A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said Monday.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court blocks order allowing abortion; woman who sought it leaves state

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Kate Cox did not qualify for an abortion under the medical exception to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Just hours prior, Cox’s lawyers said she’d traveled out of state to have the procedure.

The Guardian - US

Woman who sued Texas for abortion left state to have procedure after ‘hellish’ week

Center for the Reproductive Rights, which is representing Kate Cox, says she left after being ‘in and out of the emergency room’

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