BREAKING: Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

[In It to Win It]

Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

The order by the all-Republican court came more than 30 hours after Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, received a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge that prevents Texas from enforcing the state's ban in her case.

In a one-page order, the court said it was temporarily staying Thursday's ruling “without regard to the merits." The case is still pending.

“While we still hope that the Court ultimately rejects the state’s request and does so quickly, in this case we fear that justice delayed will be justice denied,” said Molly Duane, an attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Cox.

Cox's attorneys have said they will not share her abortion plans, citing concerns for her safety. In a filing with the Texas Supreme Court on Friday, her attorneys indicated she was still pregnant.

Cox was 20 weeks pregnant this week when she filed what is believed to be the first lawsuit of its kind since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that overturned Roe v. Wade. The order issued Thursday only applied to Cox and no other pregnant Texas women.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. hippa act be dammed according to them.

you idiots ever see a back alley abortion? not pretty. my late mom discribed them to me when she worked for alameda county ca welfare .

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

23. My mum had to deal

With the results of illegal abortion at the hospital.

Whatever stories your mum had from a remove? I promise you that mine saw far worse than that, up close.

It was so bad, she hardly ever talks about it. And this was a woman who thought nothing of talking about staph infections at the dinner table.

[AllaN01Bear]

32. mom never talked about her witnessing back alley abortions for her first jobs. wasnt pretty acoording to her.

[Skittles]

73. it is HIPAA

and these people do not care at all what happens to women

[Renew Deal]

75. HIPAA doesn't apply to the court

[Arazi]

2. Terrible. With monstrous consequences for Texas girls and women

I had hoped she took off last night and had the procedure already…

Just a despicable intrusion into a private medical decision

[lapfog_1]

3. if she can

she needs to leave Texas immediately and never return. In fact, she may need to to a country that does not have a extradition treaty with the US.

[Hope22]

13. Agree!

If she wants to try again for another child she needs to move quickly.! My heart goes out to her. An unbelievable nightmare that is believable because it is happening in front of our very eyes!

[Walleye]

53. I agree, but who wants to go hundreds of miles from home and family for a hospital stay

[Hope22]

63. Too long and she will be looking at a C-section to remove a dead/ non viable fetus.

Recently women have lost their uterus because doctors no longer do the doctoring!

[Walleye]

64. Absolutely

[MattBaggins]

25. New York

We will give her the help she needs

[Skittles]

74. she's doing a great public service

showcasing how cruel these assholes are and absolutely PROVING it has NOTHING to do with being PRO-LIFE

very, very courageous gal

[leftieNanner]

4. Stall until it's too late

To safely provide her medical care.

Fuckers

[Chi67]

5. WTF!

How is this even allowed in the USA? This woman needs an abortion! There is no question about that! The GQP must want to lose every national election for the next 20 years, because if this shit doesn't change, that is what will happen!

I do not recognize my country anymore. The Fed needs to get involved at some point.

I don't care what any liberal Texan says about Texas being a decent state. It's not. It is a fascist state. And until Texans get serious about making changes there, it will be known as the One Star State, not the Lone Star state.

Figure it out Texas! Get off your asses and vote! Ohio did it, you can too!

[CTyankee]

17. My granddaughter is in Austin and she needs to come home to Boston but she likes her job there.

She seems to think her health is not at risk. She is 29 and cannot find an OB-Gyn who can give her care. She says they have fled Texas because they cannot practice medicine in the state. She is well off and can afford to travel for her health care but I worry about her.

This is a perversion of the state. I am a 3rd generation Texan, left many years ago and never went to back (to live...only to visit relatives) . My roots are deep in the state but it is a living hell for women and girls there.

[LeftInTX]

18. My daughter is due in January. She's in Austin.

I saw my Gyn today. (However, she did change practices, so I don't know if something happened after Roe was overturned) It is a smaller practice.

[Upthevibe]

41. CTyankee...........

I'm at least a 4th generation Texas. I left in 1988 and moved to California.

I've visited several times (in fact, I'm in Dallas now working with/for a good friend who has a small business). It's HEARTBREAKING to see what's happening here.

I hope this woman has gone to another state for her necessary procedure. New Mexico is about eight hours away by driving and about 1 1/2 hours by plane. She lives in North Texas (where Dallas is). New Mexico is the closest state that allows abortions.

[CTyankee]

43. I don't know why my granddaughter is so relaxed about living in Texas. Besides the abortion issue making you

constantly worried, you have the gun issue as well. You can legally carry in Texas, right? I would not feel safe anywhere, knowing someone could be legally carrying a loaded weapon and could start shooting, killing or wounding who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I've gotten used to feeling safe in CT. Even the Sandy Hook shooting did not make me feel unsafe in crowds, because I know it is so unlikely given our own lawmakers and city officials. I feel very safe in New Haven (even tho there are troubled areas, I don't go there).

[TexasDem69]

56. You can legally carry EVERYWHERE

Texas is no different than any other state in that regard. Connecticut requires a license for concealed carry, which in turn requires taking a course, then you get your license.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

76. The fact that she cannot find an OB-Gyn to give her care

ought to be a strong hint she also needs to leave Texas.

[CTyankee]

79. She has the means to fly home to Boston if need be. And yes, this is called "privilege."

And, she has made friends and colleagues and is on a career path. but she is aware that she has such a privilege and her family is strongly Democratic (her dad is a political consultant for a liberal political consulting firm in Boston. So yes. she has privilege and other women in the state don't have her advantages.

I don't get it either. I think I'd be miserable but she isn't.

[cayugafalls]

38. Since you don't care what 'liberal' Texans say about Texas.

Perhaps you should rethink your implication that we 'liberal' Texans don't vote.

As for this Texan, If you think telling me or any Texan to get off our ass and vote is helping...you need to rethink that statement.

Just saying...

[Chi67]

59. Truth hurts

According to a report by Texas Monthly:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-2022-election-most-voters-didnt-come/

[cayugafalls]

80. There is more to the equation than a simple slanted article can uncover.

But then again, like others, you rely on a media story written in a rag owned by an oil and petroleum company...

Media in this country is corrupt.

[Upthevibe]

42. Chi67.............

The dynamics of Texas politics is too complicated for me to go into right now (Anyone else?, Bueller? Bueller?).

Your ridiculously simplistic statement: "Figure it out Texas! Get off your asses and vote! Ohio did it, you can too!" may not even be doable. Texans may not have the mechanisms available to them.

Ohio has a Republican Governor, a Republican Senator (J.D. Vance), and a Replican controlled legislature.

Here's an article about what Ohio voters approved (regarding abortion access/rights) that I think you're referring to:

https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-amendment-election-2023-fe3e06747b616507d8ca21ea26485270

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Can you get these homicidal maniacs voted out of office?

Or are they legislatively enthroned now?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

24. You haven't been to Texas, have you?

They won't be voted out anytime soon, so, yes, they are enthroned in all three branches...for now.

The state has some decent people in it, but the majority are still proudly stupid traitor trash.

[uponit7771]

27. Not in Texas it has the lowest voter *ACCESS* in the union, Abbott is a dictator

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Arrgh

[niyad]

8. May all involved receive everything they deserve.

[dalton99a]

9. The Texas Supreme Whorehouse

wholly owned and operated by the Wilks family & associates

[walkingman]

10. Wow, just wow. Unbelievable.

[Chi67]

11. Unbelievable?

This is one of the most disgusting abuses of human rights I have seen in a very very long time. That entire Court should be removed and charged with crimes against humanity. But here we are, in the USA, and nothing gets done. Hell, hardly anyone has posted in this thread.

Everybody is just too worried about Hamas and Israel. I will not post in any threads about that stupid mess anymore. Because it IS stupid. That conflict will NEVER END because no one side can own anything they have done to the other. I am 56 years old and that BS has been going since I was born. Let them kill each other, I no longer care. We have offered so many solutions, but neither side wants to hear them.

Shit like this in our own country needs more attention. We can solve this issue. So let's get down to doing it and then maybe we can help solve other countries' issues.

[walkingman]

20. IMO, as a Texan if the people of Texas continue to support the GOP and their

lackeys that treat women and their healthcare as something that they will dictate then we have truly become a State of disgusting people. In my mind all the women of Texas should rise up and make it clear that this will not be tolerated - but it won't happen because we have a large segment of people that are part of a religious cult that has told them it is evil to decide what is right for you as a human being - that is God's choice through government to make.

As far as the Israel/Palestinian thing - it is a depressing subject. There is wrong on both sides. Exclude the leaders of both Israel and Palestine and the people are the victims of this mess - as it always is in war. One thing that kind of amazes me is we are paying little attention to the victims in Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan, or any of the millions that are forced to live in refuge camps in starvation circumstances - we pick and choose who we have empathy for.

It seems the entire world has gone mad sometimes....

[Sogo]

12. Texas is a shithole state.

I can't tell you what disgust I feel about this decision!

[TexasDem69]

57. What state do you live in?

Trying to figure out if it is a shithole state. Texas is in fact awesome, despite its less-than-awesome leadership. We’re working to change that, as we’ve done in some other states.

[Sogo]

67. Don't get me wrong.

If my state were doing to women what Texas is doing to theirs, I'd be calling it a shithole state, too.

I'm just thoroughly and utterly appalled what is happening to women in this country.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. They're going to Terry Schaivo that poor woman.

[LeftInTX]

19. She is 20 weeks pregnant with a trisomy 18 fetus. She is at risk for gestational diabetes. (Probably not related)

These are the other health risks:

Furthermore, doctors have told Cox that if the baby’s heartbeat were to stop, inducing labor would carry a risk of a uterine rupture because of her two prior cesareans sections, and that another C-section at full term would would endanger her ability to carry another child.

She's had two previous C-sections and third could cause fertility issues, induced labor is apparently risky. I say: Stop fighting and go to another state. Her life is not considered to be at risk and she will not win an appeal in Texas.

Trisomy 18 usually does not cause maternal morbidity.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22172-edwards-syndrome

[TheBlackAdder]

22. Yep. Texas fundies will torture her with the courts ruling that 'life' is more important, regardless of pain or risk.

[CTyankee]

47. Yes, I agree she should leave asap. This is intolerable.

[Eugene]

15. just plain evil

SMDH

[Retrograde]

16. Why do they hate women so much? (n/t)

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

26. Religion

That's what it always comes back to, in the end.

[DFW]

21. Pro-death Texas Republicans

I wouldn’t blame any woman of child-bearing age for moving out of state.

[Bucky]

28. She's a prisoner of the state

Fuck Ken Paxton

[hildegaard28]

29. This is what

Republicans call pro life. Allowing a mother of two existing children to die for one fetus that has no chance at survival after birth.

[sinkingfeeling]

30. F*ck that and the Texas Supreme Court.

[ejbr]

31. Can someone explain

why she won't just get a Greyhound out of this clown show? I understand this suit is not just for her but other Texan women but bounds of reason.

[ShazzieB]

40. I wish I knew the answer to that.

I've been wondering the same thing since I first heard about this, but nothing I've read has addressed that.

[LeftInTX]

49. At 20 weeks, I would not have wasted my time.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

62. She's doing it so no one else has to.

[Johonny]

33. Coservatives are evil, just evil

[peppertree]

34. a.k.a the Gilead Court

Except when they knock up some young thing - or their princess does something she shouldn't.

Then it's "Abort, Abort!"

[sarchasm]

35. Onward Christian Ghouls

sickening death mongers all.

[chupacabra1]

36. Disgusting

Now the maggots are playing doctor? We are in deep trouble. SCOTUS is bought off. I pray that this lady survives. I find it hard to believe that people are so hateful. But then again, they are voting for hate.

[bucolic_frolic]

37. "So, boys, how can we uphold the infallible rule of men and protect our reputation here?"

"There are elections coming, you know."

"We're safe. We're in Texas."

[bahboo]

39. paging Margaret Atwood....

my god....

[Evolve Dammit]

44. TX and FL; previews of "GOP" rule. I use quotes because they are domestic terrorists at this point. My

heart goes out to Dems and especially women, POC, LBGTQ in these states in particular, but obviously many others are experiencing the same attacks on basic health care and cilvility.

[TSExile]

45. Absolutely sickening.

If these woman dies, her blood is on the hands of Paxton, Abbott and the Gilead, ahem, TX Supreme Court. They are heartless...full stop!!

[LeftInTX]

50. She is not considered at risk for dying.

Trisomy 18 does not cause maternal death.

She is at risk for fertility issues if she has another C-section
Doctors will not induce labor if they fear her uterus will rupture, they will perform another C-section.

___

Women do carry Trisomy 18 babies to term.
Prior to 2022: They may want to carry them or in many cases, they just didn't have access to abortion. (low income, poor prenatal care, didn't think about it, no insurance, medicaid doesn't cover it, etc)

[TSExile]

51. Maybe...

...but isn't there always the risk of septic shock in a case like this? Something could always go wrong.

[LeftInTX]

52. It could happen in any pregnancy.

It usually happens after fetal death.
An unhealthy fetus does not cause maternal sepsis, however a dead fetus can.

She's running out of time to get an abortion in other states.

She needs to leave Texas. I don't think any state performs abortions after 24 weeks.

[Walleye]

54. So true, I read somewhere that giving birth is 20 times more dangerous than an abortion

That’s why their stupid laws don’t make any sense. Watching old cowboy movies and I’m hearing, “a man’s got a right to defend his life“. This is in the 50s a story set in Texas. So I had to add to myself but a woman never had that right

[LiberalFighter]

46. Paxton and all of those Texas SC justices need to be locked up in a mental institution.

[Scrivener7]

48. God damn them all to burn forever in hell. May they feel the pain they are inflicting forever.

God damn those vile monsters.

[dlk]

55. There is no bottom for Texas' subjugation and abuse of women

The lives of Texas women mean nothing to the Republicans and their supporters. Livestock receives better treatment.

[pwb]

58. Are women allowed to vote in Texas?

It seems they would be against this treatment. For Sister Code.

[PatrickforB]

60. Because, hey, who better to govern a woman's uterus than an old white guy who is a faux-Christian zealot?

Gosh, aren't we in good hands with these Republicans...

Sigh.

In 2024, if women, Millennials, GenZs, LGBTQ people, educated people...pretty much everyone except the MAGATs, don't literally crawl over broken glass to vote D no matter what, then this country will have the government the MAGATs and other ignorant, apathetic Americans deserve.

The problem is, the rest of us DO NOT deserve that government.

Vote.

Blue.

Straight Blue.

[diane in sf]

61. She needs to get a burner phone, find someone in NM to perform the abortion, and drive or fly there.

and maybe just move there for a while.

[pfitz59]

65. further proof that the GOP hates women

"Let her die." they said, for the sake of the child? Oh, and let's cut Medicaid while we're at it.

[AllaN01Bear]

66. here is your death pannels people.

[calimary]

68. This makes me wonder if she could go out-of-state to get the care she needs.

Would that be possible?

It’s a long drive but she could probably get some help in California.

Would she have the means to fly? Hey, saying it’s for a family trip to Disneyland or some such thing.

[Tree Lady]

69. I bet she is being watched now

Don't the laws go against anyone helping her?

I think if possible she and family should move to a blue state.

[calimary]

78. Agreed.

There’s New Mexico maybe. VERY low-profile. You never hear about them. A blue state that both Hillary Clinton AND Joe Biden carried. I would think a woman’s privacy would be more respected and protected there. Don’t know much about Arizona along those lines. But keep heading west and you’re in California, where Gavin Newsom is governor (and possible future presidential material) and women’s rights are recognized and honored.

[Obvious85]

70. This just makes the BLUE WAVE rise higher

Why are judges determining health-care for women? I'd like to see their medical license

[LymphocyteLover]

71. pure evil-- fuck the GOP and their war on women. May they all be voted out ASAP

[Freethinker65]

72. Just declare Texas females as live breeding stock and property of the State and be done with it.

Current female residents get 9 months to move TF out, unrestricted. Then they get mandated State fertility exams and branded.

[walkingman]

77. Texas is just a big version of "Duck Dynasty"