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Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking emergency abortion after she leaves state for procedure (www.cbsnews.com)

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A Texas woman who had sought a legal medical exemption for an abortion has left the state after the Texas Supreme Court paused a lower court decision that would allow her to have the procedure, lawyers for the Center for Reproductive Rights said Monday.

State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble last week had ruled that Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from Dallas, could terminate her pregnancy. According to court documents, Cox's doctors told her her baby suffered from the chromosomal disorder trisomy 18, which usually results in either stillbirth or an early death of an infant.

As of the court filing last week, Cox was 20 weeks pregnant. According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which brought the lawsuit, Cox left the state because she "couldn't wait any longer" to get the procedure.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's pretty fucked up to plaster her face and name all over the Internet. She's already going through the loss of a baby, and required medical care. She doesn't need every person who happens to see the story knowing all of her personal business. How is this type of reporting on private citizens even legal?

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

She filed the lawsuit. She initiated this on purpose, making herself a test case in court trying to get this law overturned. In short, the reason her name is being reported is because she chose to be the person to take one for the team.

Legal cases require a real human who will be harmed by the law. She could have filed herself as "Jane Roe" like Norma McCorvey did, but she chose not to.