Johnathan Stone, an attorney with the Texas attorney general’s office who represented the state in the hearing, argued that Cox and her husband had not sufficiently demonstrated that they would suffer “immediate and irreparable injury” without an abortion. Read more at NBC News
In an emergency request, the Center for Reproductive Rights is asking a judge to allow Kate Cox to terminate her pregnancy after she received a lethal fetal diagnosis. Read more at 19th News
The lawsuit was filed by Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general who has risen to prominence for his contributions to Senate Bill 8, Texas’ abortion bounty law. The law, which went into effect in September 2021, empowers private citizens to sue anyone they suspect of “aiding or abetting” an abortion. State Rep. Briscoe Cain … Read more
