A Texas judge temporarily allowed abortions in cases of dangerous or complicated pregnancies, following emotional testimonies from women during a hearing last month about the impact of the state’s restrictive abortion laws on their bodies.
said, she could not have the procedure even as her fetus had no chance of surviving; she was only allowed to deliver after she became septic, leaving her with permanent physical damage. Her child died after birth.
During a hearing in late July, four of the women who filed the suit shared harrowing stories of their attempts to get medical help for complicated pregnancies that were doomed orOne of the women said she was forced to leave the state to be able to protect her healthy twin when the other developed a fatal condition. Another said she was compelled to give birth to a fetus without a full skull due to the state’s laws.
The lead plaintiff in the case and reproductive rights groups had lauded Friday’s ruling, even though their celebration was short-lived.“For the first time in a long time, I cried for joy when I heard the news,” Amanda Zurawski, the lead plaintiff, said in a statement following Friday’s ruling, according to the. “This is why we put ourselves through the pain and the trauma over and over again to share our experiences and the harms caused by these awful laws,” she said.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs, said the news was “huge.” “Today’s ruling alleviates months of confusion around what conditions qualify as medical emergencies under Texas’ abortion bans, giving doctors permission to use their own medical judgment in determining when abortion care is needed,” it said in aThe CRR argues that although the Texas abortion ban includes an exception for “medical emergencies” threatening the life of women, the law’sis not clear on when doctors may provide such care.
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