A group of women that sued the state of Texas over its abortion law testified in an Austin courtroom on Wednesday.
Samantha Casiano was pregnant when she found out her daughter had been diagnosed with anencephaly, a serious birth defect where the baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. Amanda Zurwaski developed sepsis after her water broke too early, and she was unable to get an abortion.
"Amanda nearly died, and Samantha watched her baby die, both at the hands of the state," said Molly Duane with the Center for Reproductive Rights, the lead attorney on the case. The couple warns Texas' abortion law is having devastating consequences for families like theirs. Ashley Brandt traveled to Colorado for an abortion when she learned one of her twins was also diagnosed with anencephaly. The other twin survived.
"I would’ve had to watch a twin deteriorate," said Brandt. "I would have had to give birth to a child without a skull or brain.", an abortion cannot be performed once a heartbeat is detected. Doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison and hefty fines. There is an exception for a ‘medical emergency’, but the bill doesn’t elaborate on what qualifies as a medical emergency.
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