The Texas supreme court stepped in late on Friday to temporarily stay a judge’s ruling approving an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, the latest development in a protracted legal wrangle over one of the most restrictive bans in the nation.
Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from Dallas, had been granted a temporary restraining order from a lower court on Thursday, allowing her to proceed with an emergency procedure at 20 weeks.
