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December 6, 2023

Woman Sues Texas After She Was Denied an Abortion for Nonviable Pregnancy
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In Texas, a pregnant woman has filed an emergency lawsuit seeking to
terminate her nonviable pregnancy. Thirty-one-year-old Kate Cox is 20
weeks pregnant with a fetus that has been diagnosed with trisomy 18, a
fatal condition, but is unable to get the abortion she needs due to
Texas's sweeping ban. It's the first legal complaint filed in Texas
since the ban was enacted, and reads, "Ms. Cox's physicians have
informed her that their 'hands are tied' and she will have to wait until
her baby dies inside her or carry the pregnancy to term, at which point
she will be forced to have a third C-section, only to watch her baby
suffer until death."


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