Just days after receiving a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge preventing the state of Texas from enforcing their abortion ban in the instance of solely her own personal emergency, Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, has been blocked by the Texas Supreme Court in her efforts to end an unviable pregnancy that is putting her health at risk.
According to CNN, the higher court handed down their one-page ruling late Friday, temporarily blocking the previous ruling hat would have allowed Cox to obtain the procedure, “without regard to the merits.” In a statement from Molly Duane, an attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Cox, she expresses concern over a pause that is further endangering her client, saying, “We are talking about urgent medical care. Kate is already 20 weeks pregnant. This is why people should not need to beg for healthcare in a court of law.”
