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Texas woman forced to carry high-risk pregnancy files lawsuit to have abortion (www.cnn.com)
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A pregnant Texas woman who says her unborn baby has a genetic condition and carrying the child to term could threaten her life filed suit against the state Tuesday, asking a court to declare she has the right to terminate the pregnancy.

Kate Cox said the state’s current abortion ban puts her husband and her gynecologist at legal risk if she has an abortion in Texas.

The lawsuit is believed to be one of the first attempts in the country by an individual seeking a court-ordered abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, according to the New York Times.

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[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Interesting and ultimately unfortunate that women need to be martyred so other women can have basic human rights because we can’t pass any law at a federal level protecting this

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