The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against the more-than-20 Texas women who sued the state over abortions they said were delayed or denied during medical...
The Friday morning opinion rejects an injunction that would have exempted Texans with complicated pregnancies from the state’s bans
Ultimately, Zurawski lost her baby and suffered permanent damage to one of her fallopian tubes, hindering her ability to carry pregnancies in the future.Zurawski’s experiences “are not the results the law commands,” the Supreme Court opinion states. Seema Mohapatra, a health law expert at Southern Methodist University, said Friday’s opinion largely puts the onus on physicians to make legal decisions.Doctors across the state have raised concerns about the three overlapping abortion bans, saying they lack clarity on exactly when medical professionals may intervene.
It was the Cox decision that made Mohapatra and Amy O’Donnell, communications director of Texas Alliance for Life, confident that the Supreme Court would rule against the plaintiffs in the Zurawski case.“I was surprised by . I would have thought that in that situation it would meet the case for life-threatening,” Mohapatra said. “The opinion makes clear, even though they don’t talk about it at all, that unless the life of the pregnant person is at risk, it doesn’t protect other situations.
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