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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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 four emergency room visits, emotional turmoil, possibility of infertility and her foetus’ fatal diagnosis were not enough for Texas to allow Kate Cox to get an abortion, illuminating a major issue with the state’s strict abortion ban: ambiguous language that undermines exceptions to the law.

On Monday, the state’s ultra-conservative supreme court reversed a lower court’s emergency order initially granting Ms Cox an abortion. The court claimed she did not meet the state’s requirement to have an abortion but noted that it was up to a physician to determine when an abortion was warranted, not a court.

The ruling directly contradicted what the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and Ms Cox’s doctor argued about the urgency of her case. It also provided little clarity on the state’s interpretation of the law.

Ultimately, Ms Cox couldn’t wait for the court to decide the fate of her body. Her condition was so dire that she ended up fleeing Texas to seek care.

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[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago

4th article like this I see today. Don't judges have better things to do.. I can't believe "the richest nation on earth" wastes its time doing this shit to women for some sick sense of control. SmAlL goVERnmEnT amarite

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

They literally have nothing else they'd rather be doing.

[-] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 32 points 9 months ago

Working as intended.

[-] drmeanfeel@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

What kind of brainless doink needed that "revealed" to them, they say it out loud non stop

[-] drislands@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

The sort of person who assumes "obviously they'll make exceptions when a woman's life is in danger! Obviously!" Despite the legions of people saying this was always going to happen.

[-] drmeanfeel@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

As I say below (or above, not sure how it appears for you lol), I have of course heard those people say that, but I don't really believe they think it, and if they somehow do they're complicit in the harm by virtue of being too uncaring to do the slightest exploration of the world around them

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

The kind of person who said this sort of thing wouldn't happen when people said this would happen.

[-] drmeanfeel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

They knew, it was just the minimizing and dismissive language their trainers gave them to say.

If there does exist some magical person who really believed the GOP has a line when it comes to harm, then they can be held complicit anyway under the charge of being "a massive tool who lacks the empathy or care to explore one iota of the world around them"

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If the process is to risk going to jail and being required to pay thousands in legal fees to avoid jail then there are no exceptions, just variable penalties.

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