One Texas case shows why women can\u2019t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans<\/p>\n
In Texas, the case also suggests that abortions in circumstances similar to Cox\u2019s could remain illegal, highlighting just how hollow and limited medical exceptions are.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt \u2026 reveals just how ineffective the \u2018health and life\u2019 exceptions to abortion bans are in practice,\u201d Wake Forest law professor Meghan Boone told Vox. \u201cIf doctors cannot reasonably interpret these exceptions, they will understandably refrain from providing care \u2014 even when they believe it would be the correct treatment for their patient.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more at Vox<\/a><\/p>\n Texas Supreme Court rules against woman who sought abortion hours after she says she\u2019ll travel out of state<\/p>\n “If Kate can\u2019t get an abortion in Texas, who can? Kate\u2019s case is proof that exceptions don\u2019t work, and it\u2019s dangerous to be pregnant in any state with an abortion ban,” Duane said.<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n Texas supreme court overturns ruling that would have let woman get emergency abortion<\/p>\n Instead, the court said, Karsan would need to determine in her \u201creasonable medical judgment\u201d that Cox had a \u201clife-threatening condition\u201d and that an abortion was necessary to prevent her death or impairment of a major bodily function.<\/p>\n Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Pregnant Woman Seeking Emergency Abortion<\/p>\n \u201cThese laws reflect the policy choice that the Legislature has made, and the courts must respect that choice,\u201d the court\u2019s seven-page ruling<\/a> read. The court found that Cox\u2019s doctor, Dr. Damla Karsan,\u00a0had \u201casked a court to pre-authorize the abortion yet she could not, or at least did not, attest to the court that Ms. Cox\u2019s condition poses the risks the exception requires.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n In Sentencing Kate Cox To Suffer, The Texas Abortion Ban Is Working Just As Intended<\/p>\n In the Texas ban, the combination of subjective, non-medical language \u2014 when is a condition \u201clife threatening\u201d? When is a bodily function \u201cat risk\u201d of \u201csubstantial impairment\u201d? \u2014 and hefty penalties \u2014 including first or second degree felony charges, $100,000 fines for each violation and loss of medical license \u2014 guarantees that health care providers will read the exceptions narrowly.<\/p>\n Read more at Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n Texas Supreme Court rules against Kate Cox in abortion case<\/p>\n \u201cKate\u2019s case has shown the world that abortion bans are dangerous for pregnant people, and exceptions don\u2019t work,\u201d Northup said in a statement. \u201cShe desperately wanted to be able to get care where she lives and recover at home surrounded by family. While Kate had the ability to leave the state, most people do not, and a situation like this could be a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One Texas case shows why women can\u2019t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans In Texas, the case also suggests that abortions in circumstances similar to Cox\u2019s could remain illegal, highlighting just how hollow and limited medical exceptions are. \u201cIt \u2026 reveals just how ineffective the \u2018health and life\u2019 exceptions to abortion bans are in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[164,263,172,241,10],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-6-week-bans","tag-abortion-ban-exceptions","tag-abortion-bans","tag-bounty-law","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1740,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/1740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}