The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
The order by the all-Republican court came more than 30 hours after Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, received a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge that prevents Texas from enforcing the state’s ban in her case.
In a one-page order, the court said it was temporarily staying Thursday’s ruling “without regard to the merits.” The case is still pending.
Hopefully this poor woman doesn’t die before all of this state-caused mess is resolved. But more importantly, hopefully all women and rational thinking men remember this come voting time.
I had sudden visions of her being gunned down by state troopers at a road block, as she tries to drive to a state that hasn’t outlawed healthcare.