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December 8, 2023

Texas Judge Intervenes to Allow Pregnant Woman to Receive Critical Abortion Care
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In Texas, a judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday against
the state's sweeping abortion ban, to allow a 20-week-pregnant woman
with a nonviable fetus to get an abortion. Thirty-one-year-old Kate Cox
filed the first-of-its-kind lawsuit last week. Travis County Judge Maya
Guerra Gamble said it was "unforgivable that she was forced to go to
court" to seek emergency medical care.

Judge Maya Guerra Gamble: "The idea that Ms. 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."

Following the judge's ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
threatened to prosecute any providers involved in Kate Cox's abortion
care.


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