Posted on Dec 7, 2023
Court grants Texas woman's request for emergency abortion in historic ruling
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A judge granted a Texas woman's request for an abortion for a pregnancy with a severe anomaly on Thursday.
The woman, Kate Cox, had filed a lawsuit against the state over its restrictive abortion bans, asking a judge to grant her a temporary restraining order that would allow her to get an abortion.
"The idea that Miss Cox wants desperately to be a parent, and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking, and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice," Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said Thursday.
The woman, Kate Cox, had filed a lawsuit against the state over its restrictive abortion bans, asking a judge to grant her a temporary restraining order that would allow her to get an abortion.
"The idea that Miss Cox wants desperately to be a parent, and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking, and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice," Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said Thursday.
Court grants Texas woman's request for emergency abortion in historic ruling
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This shouldn't even be happening. The government has no business being involved in anyone's reproductive health choices. There should not be legislation for this - especially when it's written by people with no medical background at all.
Abortion is healthcare. Banning it doesn't stop it at all and never has. Add in they're trying to ban birth control in states, or they criminalize miscarriages...where does it end? When does it stop?
And before some whack a doo comes at me, yes they do criminalize miscarriages in states:
https://www.reckon.news/news/2023/12/black-ohio-womans-arrest-after-pregnancy-loss-begs-the-question-what-do-you-do-after-a-miscarriage.html
This is the most recent one - this woman had been to the hospital TWICE and was turned away. That's what they do to women who are miscarrying the majority of the time - they make us go home and miscarry there with really no guidance at all. In this case, the fetus was not viable before it was passed out. Add in that them saying she was at 22 weeks doesn't mean that the fetus was 22 weeks gestation as it had probably already been nonviable for weeks. It takes the body time to push out a miscarriage. So what came out was probalby not a 22 week fetus. She probably didn't think she had anything but clotting and the only reason the prosecutor filed charges is he didn't like the way she reacted to the miscarriage. That's it. He didn't like that she miscarried on the toilet (which is where most women do) and flushed it.
I had a miscarriage at six weeks - and didn't even know I was pregnant at the time. I only went in because after I had some heavier clotting than usual in what I thought was my period. That's what it seemed like - just a really heavy period. Should I have been charged with "attempted abuse of a corpse?" Are we going to start charging EVERY woman who miscarries on a toilet with this? And why does the prosecutor get to file charges based on HIS feeling of how someone should react to a miscarriage. I wasn't sad I had one. I was relieved actually considering I didn't even know I had gotten pregnant. So does that mean I need to be charged with a crime?
And it's happened before this and before Roe was repealed:
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/09/01/they-lost-their-pregnancies-then-prosecutors-sent-them-to-prison
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/abortion-alabama-miscarriage-murder-charges [login to see] /
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/states-introduce-radical-bills-to-prosecute-pregnant-people-for-abortions_n_63cad58be4b0c2b49ad52898
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544
Abortion is healthcare. Banning it doesn't stop it at all and never has. Add in they're trying to ban birth control in states, or they criminalize miscarriages...where does it end? When does it stop?
And before some whack a doo comes at me, yes they do criminalize miscarriages in states:
https://www.reckon.news/news/2023/12/black-ohio-womans-arrest-after-pregnancy-loss-begs-the-question-what-do-you-do-after-a-miscarriage.html
This is the most recent one - this woman had been to the hospital TWICE and was turned away. That's what they do to women who are miscarrying the majority of the time - they make us go home and miscarry there with really no guidance at all. In this case, the fetus was not viable before it was passed out. Add in that them saying she was at 22 weeks doesn't mean that the fetus was 22 weeks gestation as it had probably already been nonviable for weeks. It takes the body time to push out a miscarriage. So what came out was probalby not a 22 week fetus. She probably didn't think she had anything but clotting and the only reason the prosecutor filed charges is he didn't like the way she reacted to the miscarriage. That's it. He didn't like that she miscarried on the toilet (which is where most women do) and flushed it.
I had a miscarriage at six weeks - and didn't even know I was pregnant at the time. I only went in because after I had some heavier clotting than usual in what I thought was my period. That's what it seemed like - just a really heavy period. Should I have been charged with "attempted abuse of a corpse?" Are we going to start charging EVERY woman who miscarries on a toilet with this? And why does the prosecutor get to file charges based on HIS feeling of how someone should react to a miscarriage. I wasn't sad I had one. I was relieved actually considering I didn't even know I had gotten pregnant. So does that mean I need to be charged with a crime?
And it's happened before this and before Roe was repealed:
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/09/01/they-lost-their-pregnancies-then-prosecutors-sent-them-to-prison
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/abortion-alabama-miscarriage-murder-charges [login to see] /
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/states-introduce-radical-bills-to-prosecute-pregnant-people-for-abortions_n_63cad58be4b0c2b49ad52898
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544
Black Ohio woman’s arrest after pregnancy loss begs the question, ‘What do you do after a...
Amidst the trend of pregnancy criminalization, Reckon looked into how birthing people experience pregnancy loss and what to expect during a miscarriage.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel what about her privacy...
..."Cox's lawsuit stands separate from a suit filed by 20 women who say their lives were put in danger due to Texas' abortion bans.
That suit is before the Texas state Supreme Court for a ruling on whether the challenge can continue and if a temporary hold on implementation of the bans in cases of fatal fetal anomalies and medical emergencies can go into effect.
The CRR declined to comment on whether Cox has plans to further pursue a case legally or if she is considering joining the other lawsuit as a plaintiff.
Texas has multiple overlapping abortion bans in effect with severe punishments for violations of the bans.
Texas' bans include exceptions that allow abortions in cases of medical emergencies and fatal fetal diagnoses, but doctors and patients claim, in another lawsuit filed in March, that they are unable to provide care or have been denied care, respectively, under the laws."
..."Cox's lawsuit stands separate from a suit filed by 20 women who say their lives were put in danger due to Texas' abortion bans.
That suit is before the Texas state Supreme Court for a ruling on whether the challenge can continue and if a temporary hold on implementation of the bans in cases of fatal fetal anomalies and medical emergencies can go into effect.
The CRR declined to comment on whether Cox has plans to further pursue a case legally or if she is considering joining the other lawsuit as a plaintiff.
Texas has multiple overlapping abortion bans in effect with severe punishments for violations of the bans.
Texas' bans include exceptions that allow abortions in cases of medical emergencies and fatal fetal diagnoses, but doctors and patients claim, in another lawsuit filed in March, that they are unable to provide care or have been denied care, respectively, under the laws."
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