The Texas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld Texas’ abortion law following a lawsuit challenging the state’s constitutionality.
Case, Zulawski v. Texas; A lawsuit filed by five women in March 2023 sought to block the abortion restriction law (” Texas Trigger LawThe court Decided The medical exceptions as currently applied were sufficiently broad that no further explanation was necessary. (Related article: Texas sees 16,000 more births in one year after passing 6-week abortion ban)
“Texas law permits life-saving abortion,” the court said in its decision. decision“If a physician exercises reasonable medical judgment and concludes that (1) the pregnant woman has a life-threatening physical condition and (2) that condition would pose a risk of death or serious physical disability if the abortion is not performed, the physician will not be fined or disciplined for performing an abortion.”
“A doctor who tells a patient that complications arising from her pregnancy are life-threatening and that she will likely die or suffer serious disability if an abortion is not performed and then states, ‘However, the law does not allow us to perform an abortion in these circumstances,’ is simply making an erroneous legal judgment,” the court wrote.
Amanda Zulawski speaks during a press conference held by the Pro-Abortion Caucus and the Caucus of Democratic Women on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Texas expanded abortion restrictions after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Amanda Zulawski, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, experienced complications during her pregnancy and her doctor Medically necessary Abortion. The doctors involved were unclear about when and how to act within state abortion regulations. Zulawski It comes with risks of sepsis and future pregnancies.
The medically necessary abortion standard was also challenged by a Texas woman in December 2023. Kate Cox. Cox’s baby was diagnosed with trisomy 18. Chromosomal abnormalities It manifests both physically and intellectually. hindranceCox sought a court-ordered abortion, but her request was denied, as it was deemed not medically necessary.
As a result, Cox had to leave Texas and get the abortion outside of state.
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