Texas war on pregnant women (Opinion piece)<\/p>\n
Texan women considering pregnancy are well advised to flee \u2014 as Cox did<\/a>, leaving the state to get the care she needed. OB-GYN doctors are leaving the state as well: There are none in two-thirds of the state\u2019s counties<\/a>. Texas is assuredly anti-abortion, but that doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s pro-life<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n Kate Cox begged Texas to let her end a dangerous pregnancy. She won\u2019t be the last (Opinion piece)<\/p>\n Two years ago, a woman in Cox\u2019s shoes was able to control her own body and life on her own terms; now, she has to go before a court, all her virtues on display, and beg not to be maimed.<\/p>\n Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n How sick is sick enough to end a pregnancy? Doctors and some state laws are at odds.<\/p>\n “We’re forcing people to stay pregnant in states that are not taking care of pregnant patients,” Jeanlus said. “These bans are asking physicians and health care providers to watch patients until they become sicker and sicker, and then we have a debate as to when they’re finally sick enough to provide that essential health care. That’s not health care. That’s not medicine.”<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n The sinister court decision denying Kate Cox an abortion, explained<\/p>\n The Texas Supreme Court, which is made up entirely of Republicans, claims that \u201cthe law leaves to physicians<\/em> \u2014 not judges \u2014 both the discretion and the responsibility to exercise their reasonable medical judgment.\u201d But, without a court order forbidding the state from punishing Karsan for exercising that judgment, the doctor risks horrific legal consequences if she treats her patient.<\/p>\n Read more at Vox<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Stunning\u2019 threat in Texas abortion case steps up Paxton criminalization crusade<\/p>\n Her case underscores the aggressive nature of the state\u2019s top attorney when it comes to not only enforcing a ban on abortion even in dire circumstances, but creating a climate of fear around abortion that targets providers.<\/p>\n Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Texas war on pregnant women (Opinion piece) Texan women considering pregnancy are well advised to flee \u2014 as Cox did, leaving the state to get the care she needed. OB-GYN doctors are leaving the state as well: There are none in two-thirds of the state\u2019s counties. Texas is assuredly anti-abortion, but that doesn\u2019t mean that … 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":[263,172,99,10],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion-ban-exceptions","tag-abortion-bans","tag-maternity-deserts","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","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=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}