A Texas state court authorised an emergency order allowing a pregnant woman to get an abortion — flying in the face of the state’s strict anti-abortion bans and the first case of its kind since Roe v Wade was overturned.
Kate Cox’s baby was diagnosed with full trisomy 18 — and her baby may not survive until birth, and if the baby does, the life would only span for minutes, hours or days, said her lawyer Molly Duane, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
