Hours before the ruling, a group representing the woman, whose fetus received a fatal diagnosis, said she was leaving Texas for an abortion.

The court ruled that the lower court made a mistake in ruling that the woman, Kate Cox, who is more than 20 weeks pregnant, was entitled to a medical exception.

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Ms. Cox asked the lower court for approval after she learned that her fetus had a fatal condition, and after several trips to the emergency room.

In short, the life or health exemptions to abortion bans in Republican-controlled states are meaningless.

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    141·
    7 months ago

    Only states which were controlled by progressives in the early 20th century have the ability for voters to use a ballot initiative to override the Legislature like that. Much of the country has no such safety mechanism.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 months ago

      And the legislature has likely been severely jerrymandered into permanency. We have no hope here in Indiana.

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
        6·
        7 months ago

        Yeah, fixing it nationally requires taking control over the US Supreme Court and changing the rulings which deem partisan gerrymandering acceptable.