MSNBC's Mika shames Ken Paxton's 'cruel' legal battle against ailing mother
1 year ago

MSNBC's Mika shames Ken Paxton's 'cruel' legal battle against ailing mother

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski ripped Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's "cruel" legal battle against a woman who needs an emergency abortion. The Texas Republican petitioned the state Supreme Court to intervene in the case of Kate Cox, who sued for a court-ordered abortion after her unborn child was diagnosed with a fatal genetic condition that put her own health at risk, and the "Morning Joe" host shamed his intrusion on the 31-year-old mother's personal health situation. "Paxton is so desperate to mimic Trump, so desperate for Trump's support, that he led a lawsuit in 2020 to challenge the results of that year's election in Trump's favor," she added. That woman, Kate Cox, and her health is in danger because of Ken Paxton, who is using laws against abortion -- thank you, Donald Trump, Leonard Leo and many others -- and is ensuring her suffering is as bad as it can be.

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Opinion: The Kate Cox case shows the cruelty of Texas’ abortion law
1 year ago

Opinion: The Kate Cox case shows the cruelty of Texas’ abortion law

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jocelyn Viterna is professor of sociology and chair of studies of women, gender and sexuality at Harvard University. CNN — After the Texas Supreme court turned down 31-year-old Kate Cox’s appeal, she was essentially left with two choices: she could carry her non-viable pregnancy to term, which her doctors say could threaten her future fertility and even her …

How Republicans paved the road to Texas with misogyny
1 year ago

How Republicans paved the road to Texas with misogyny

Raw Story  

As Donald Trump embraces an online campaign filled with vulgar imagery attacking women, he continues to brag that he “killed” abortion by appointing Supreme Court justices who, with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, reversed more than 50 years of women’s reproductive freedom. Demanding access to out-of-state abortion medical records, Republican AGs claimed, fantastically, that there was no …

Kate Cox’s ‘hellish’ experience reveals the reality of Texas’s abortion exceptions
1 year ago

Kate Cox’s ‘hellish’ experience reveals the reality of Texas’s abortion exceptions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the law stops short of defining “reasonable …

Kate Cox, Amanda Zurawski and Texas abortion battle.
1 year ago

Kate Cox, Amanda Zurawski and Texas abortion battle.

Slate  

Earlier this week, the Texas Supreme Court said Kate Cox couldn’t have an abortion.Cox’s doctors had diagnosed the fetus with Trisomy 18, an almost certainly fatal genetic condition. Amanda Zurawski almost died after a Texas court said she couldn’t have an abortion. In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern talks about another made-up case that this time, …

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn’t show her life was in danger
1 year ago

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn’t show her life was in danger

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal condition, did not qualify for an abortion in Texas: not after four emergency room visits, elevated vital signs, risks of a uterine rupture and with her ability to have more children in jeopardy. The Texas Supreme Court’s rejection of the mother of two’s request for an exception under the state’s …

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn't show her life was in danger
1 year ago

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn't show her life was in danger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Texas Supreme Court's rejection of the mother of …

Kate Cox’s Texas abortion: the lie at the heart of overturning Roe v. Wade is now in plain sight.
1 year ago

Kate Cox’s Texas abortion: the lie at the heart of overturning Roe v. Wade is now in plain sight.

Slate  

Here is a partial list of the not-medically-trained people who made the medical determination that terminating Kate Cox’s 20-plus-week-old pregnancy would not fall under an approved exception to Texas’ three overlapping abortion bans. Not one of these people, mind you, knows anything about pregnancy, medicine, or Kate Cox’s life, they each just decided that because she did not suffer from …

Texas woman seeks emergency abortion out of state after Supreme Court block
1 year ago

Texas woman seeks emergency abortion out of state after Supreme Court block

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Texas judge granted Kate Cox a temporary …

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking abortion as she is forced to leave state
1 year ago

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking abortion as she is forced to leave state

The Telegraph  

The Supreme Court of Texas has overturned a ruling that would have allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy under the medical exception to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Instead, the court said, Dr Karsan would need to determine in her “reasonable medical judgment” that Ms Cox had a “life-threatening condition” and that an abortion was necessary to prevent her …

A pregnant Texas woman asked a court for permission to get an abortion, despite a ban. What’s next?
1 year ago

A pregnant Texas woman asked a court for permission to get an abortion, despite a ban. What’s next?

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Kate Cox, a mother of two in Texas, became pregnant again in August but soon after learned devasting news: Her baby has a fatal condition and is likely to either be stillborn or die shortly after birth. The tragic circumstances have thrust Cox, 31, into the center of an unprecedented challenge over abortion bans that have altered …

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law
1 year ago

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ziegler is the Martin Luther King Jr. But given the popularity of abortion rights — and the obvious tragedy faced by women like Cox — why are states like Texas fighting so hard to defend their narrow exceptions? Conceding that a woman like Cox is right could threaten to send much else about criminal abortion laws toppling …

Texas Is Still Targeting Kate Cox After Her Historic Abortion Win
54 years, 11 months ago

Texas Is Still Targeting Kate Cox After Her Historic Abortion Win

Slate  

Before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, states required minors seeking abortion without the involvement of their parents to seek a court order. It is striking how lawyers for conservative states often have so rarely bothered to express sympathy for the incredibly difficult conditions in which plaintiffs find themselves—something that some anti-abortion groups have done—and something …

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