Posted on Dec 10, 2023
Greg Abbott condemned as Texas woman's abortion blocked in court
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have faced backlash online from social media users after a Dallas-based woman's abortion was temporarily blocked in court.
Earlier this week, a Texas judge granted Kate Cox, a pregnant 31-year-old mother of two, permission to get an abortion as her fetus has a fatal genetic condition. The Texas Supreme Court then said on Friday in an order that it was temporarily staying the lower court's decision, halting Cox from legally getting the medical procedure in Texas. The stay remains in place until the court delivers a full decision in the case.
Texas enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States, following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, leaving individual states to choose its own legal status on abortion. Texas' ban, which does not have exceptions for rape or incest, goes into effect after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women even know they're pregnant. Cox's lawsuit is believed to be the first time since Roe was overturned that a woman has asked a court to approve an abortion.
Earlier this week, a Texas judge granted Kate Cox, a pregnant 31-year-old mother of two, permission to get an abortion as her fetus has a fatal genetic condition. The Texas Supreme Court then said on Friday in an order that it was temporarily staying the lower court's decision, halting Cox from legally getting the medical procedure in Texas. The stay remains in place until the court delivers a full decision in the case.
Texas enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States, following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, leaving individual states to choose its own legal status on abortion. Texas' ban, which does not have exceptions for rape or incest, goes into effect after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women even know they're pregnant. Cox's lawsuit is believed to be the first time since Roe was overturned that a woman has asked a court to approve an abortion.
Greg Abbott condemned as Texas woman's abortion blocked in court
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Not ilegal across all fifty states...want an abortion? Travel or move if you dont like the laws where you live. The majority voted and they do.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""I'll say it once again for the people in the back, it's disgustingly despicable that many in Texas chose a s****** criminal murderer like Greg Abbott over Beto O'Rourke who would've delivered progress from top to bottom. Sad and frightening," Davila wrote.
However, X user @montividas did not agree with Davila, replying, "I'll say it once again for the people in the back. Democrats version of progress is communism. Sad and frightening."
User @texan_maga questioned the merit of Cox's case, posting, "Probably not even a health risk which is never. Propaganda."
Another X user, Martina Shantez, wrote that Cox "has no health endangering complications, and she can get an abortion outside of Texas. She can always get in a car and DRIVE!"
Cox is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a trisomy 18 genetic defect, also known as Edwards' syndrome. Most babies with the defect will die before or shortly after being born.
Cox's own health is also on the line. According to the lawsuit she filed, Cox has been to three different emergency rooms in the last month due to severe cramping and unidentifiable fluid leaks. Doctors have also told Cox that if the fetus' heartbeat were to stop, inducing labor could cause a uterine rupture because of her two previous C-sections and that another C-section at full term would risk her ability to carry another fetus.
In addition, Paxton has also threatened to prosecute anyone who carries out an abortion in Cox's case."
...""I'll say it once again for the people in the back, it's disgustingly despicable that many in Texas chose a s****** criminal murderer like Greg Abbott over Beto O'Rourke who would've delivered progress from top to bottom. Sad and frightening," Davila wrote.
However, X user @montividas did not agree with Davila, replying, "I'll say it once again for the people in the back. Democrats version of progress is communism. Sad and frightening."
User @texan_maga questioned the merit of Cox's case, posting, "Probably not even a health risk which is never. Propaganda."
Another X user, Martina Shantez, wrote that Cox "has no health endangering complications, and she can get an abortion outside of Texas. She can always get in a car and DRIVE!"
Cox is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a trisomy 18 genetic defect, also known as Edwards' syndrome. Most babies with the defect will die before or shortly after being born.
Cox's own health is also on the line. According to the lawsuit she filed, Cox has been to three different emergency rooms in the last month due to severe cramping and unidentifiable fluid leaks. Doctors have also told Cox that if the fetus' heartbeat were to stop, inducing labor could cause a uterine rupture because of her two previous C-sections and that another C-section at full term would risk her ability to carry another fetus.
In addition, Paxton has also threatened to prosecute anyone who carries out an abortion in Cox's case."
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