Samantha Casiano was one of four Texas women to testify about denied or delayed abortions in Zurawski vs. State of Texas, one of the first major lawsuits to...
At the hearing, Dr. Ingrid Skop, an expert medical witness called by the state, said birthing infants with fatal birth defects gives the mother a chance to hold, photograph and bury the baby.
A collection of memories and tokens from Halo, who died from anencephaly hours after birth, are placed in a window-lit corner of Casiano’s home outside of Houston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Molly Duane, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said it was difficult questioning the women in court and offered a glimpse into their agony. She called the state’s appeal of the injunction “appalling.”“The trauma they endured, it never gets easier,” Duane said at a post-hearing news conference. “But they did it to protect Texans from the same fate.”
“At first he was upset, but it’s my body, it’s my choice. And he was for it,” Casiano said. “He’s going to have some feelings, and I have to respect that. I felt there’s no way I could have gone through that again.”Raised Catholic, she was confirmed in the church and chose St. Dymphna, the patroness of mental health, as her confirmation saint. She prayed every day in the quiet of her room holding rosary beads.
Samantha Casiano sits next to Luis Villasana as they speak about their experience of taking part in the hearing of and waiting for a decision over whether to exempt women with complicated pregnancies from the state's abortion ban on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The couple sits in the living room of their home outside of Houston.“When you talk to God, that’s a conversation between you and him,” Casiano said.
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