Dr. Austin Dennard is an OB-GYN who is going to give birth very soon. She also had to leave Texas to terminate a previous pregnancy because the fetus had a fatal condition.
That means the ban on abortions when a fetus has a condition"incompatible with life," as doctors often deliver the news to patients, is back in force in Texas.
During the July hearing, Assistant Attorney General Amy Pletscher asked each witness if Attorney General Ken Paxton had personally denied them an abortion. Dennard, who was the last patient to testify, retorted,"You know, I never thought to ask him." O'Donnell was also present at the hearing in Austin, telling NPR she was there"just to keep an eye on it and watch how it unfolds." She said she believes that the laws are clear as is."Doctors can exercise reasonable medical judgment; they can provide the standard of care," she said.Next in the case, attorneys for the state of Texas have to submit a filing to the Texas Supreme Court related to their appeal.
The Texas ban on abortions for pregnancies with anencephaly diagnoses is back in effect, after all. Texas women who get that diagnosis today have to leave the state as Dennard did, or carry the doomed pregnancy to term as Casiano did. That means they face all the considerable risks of childbirth to a person's health and future fertility.
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