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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Ken Paxton issues threat after judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a lethal fetal diagnosis, can get an abortion

The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has threatened to prosecute any doctor who provides an abortion to Kate Cox, a woman with a non-viable pregnancy, advising hospitals to ignore a court order issued on Thursday allowing her to get the procedure.

The rightwing Paxton issued the warning to three Houston-area hospitals after a Texas judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a lethal fetal diagnosis, may obtain an abortion under the narrow medical exceptions offered by the state bans.

In a brazen dismissal of the court’s decision, Paxton wrote that the judge’s order “will not insulate hospitals, doctors or anyone else from civil and criminal liability”.

Paxton also wrote that the hospital where Cox obtains an abortion “may be liable for negligent credentialing the physician” who performs the procedure.

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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 264 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

An attorney general is “advising hospitals to ignore a court order”.

Read that sentence again.

He is supposed to be an officer of the court. It is his job to uphold the law, regardless of how he feels about it personally. The judge ruled explicitly on this particular woman’s specific situation - there is no reasonable room for interpretation here.

This man is putting his own opinion above the rule of law. He is radically unsuited for his job and deserves to be disbarred.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 142 points 7 months ago

This guy is under an FBI investigation and felony fraud charges. He is ignoring the court because he holds a criminal mindset and has zero respect for the law.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 46 points 7 months ago

GOOD. Thank you for the context. I hope he’s indicted soon.

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[-] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 156 points 7 months ago
[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 131 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Christofascist isn't just a neat pun. Guys like him masturbate to The Handmaid's Tale.

and a loooot of conservatives feel similarly. Bunch of weak men mistaking their agression for confidance and not the fear-driven response that it is.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

Bold of you to assume he can read.

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[-] iBaz@lemmy.world 103 points 7 months ago

For the Republicans, it’s not about protecting babies, it’s about punishing women.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

Just plain cruelty. There's no hate like Christian love.

[-] tugomer@lemmy.world 91 points 7 months ago

Fuck that guy. I hope his dick falls off

[-] Szymon@lemmy.ca 38 points 7 months ago

Won't someone rid us of this meddlesome clown's penis?

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[-] pottedmeat7910@lemmy.world 86 points 7 months ago

As a physician, I am completely lost as to why any OB-GYN (or other healthcare professional, for that matter) still feels comfortable practicing in the state of Texas.

They literally criminalized healthcare and turned doctors into potential perps. I'd be terrified that a patient unplanned miscarriage would turn into a murder investigation with me as the primary suspect.

[-] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

I could totally see Texas go after a physician with SWAT and trash their house and kill their dog when bringing them in just to make an example for everyone else.

Sad but I can’t imagine practicing in Texas and feeling safe.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 77 points 7 months ago

So hold him in contempt of court. Otherwise he’ll be emboldened and do it more

[-] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Given the diagnosis and complications that have already occurred, this seems like it goes beyond contempt of court to me. I would consider this to be attempted murder of the mother.

[-] legios@aussie.zone 76 points 7 months ago

WTF is this ramble at the end on about?

“While the Biden administration continues to make up rules that are unconstitutional, I will keep holding them accountable,” Paxton said in a statement released earlier this year. “I will not allow the Biden administration to threaten doctors and hospitals with this unlawful mandate and put millions of Texans’ access to healthcare on the line.”

[-] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 55 points 7 months ago

Projection, the P part of GOP.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 70 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Greatest country on earth ladies and gentlemen, land of the free my arse.

Look at this idiot, he even looks like a republican.

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

What? The "land of the free"? Whoever told you that is your enemy

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 66 points 7 months ago

He doesn't care about a baby that won't even be born, he just wants her to die for being a woman who had sex with someone who wasn't him.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 40 points 7 months ago

It’s not about her having sex with someone that wasn’t him- I guarantee he couldn’t care less about that.

What he does care about is that he needs to control her every move and decision along with his voting base can’t think for themselves and need to be controlled by scum just like this piece of shit.

They’re all cowards that won’t think for themselves.

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[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 66 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Reading this as a non-American, it feels surreal. How can such a basic right be stripped from all women, and then have men stand up and defend such a disgusting situation. Do they have no shame? No moral compass?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Don’t forget the contempt for law and order - ignoring a court decision for personal beliefs as an AG

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 7 months ago

As a Canadian it makes me feel like we need to grant asylum to American refugees

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[-] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 65 points 7 months ago

You guys remember Death Panels, the anti-Obamacare cry that legislatures want to get between you and your doctor to decide who can get care?

Every Republican who jumped on that bandwagon needs to eat crow and realize they flipped like a bitch when it suited their anti-abortion argument.

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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 65 points 7 months ago

It's not too late to abort Ken Paxton.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Ken Paxton is a perfect poster child for abortion. Some humans are just pure evil.

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 61 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Some of these republicans have never even heard of angry mobs pulling people who destroy their lives out of their homes and returning the favor. Just fucking with people with impunity.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 32 points 7 months ago

Man I'd love to see lynching brought back for these scum.

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 54 points 7 months ago

What a shit state to be in.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

Have you done your duty and told a conservative they're an idiot today?

[-] Veneroso@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

I hope that they keep doubling down. When unlikely voters show up.... They tend to vote down ballot.

Literally the dog that caught the car.

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[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 47 points 7 months ago

Man, it would really be “sad” if he tripped and fell into a pit full of filthy dull knives and venomous snakes. Just a real “tragedy.”

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[-] bomberesque1@lemm.ee 46 points 7 months ago

They're going to kill this woman, they're going to do it on national TV... and then they're going to cheer about it

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 44 points 7 months ago

Why do people like AG Paxton keep trying to insert themselves between people like this woman and God?

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[-] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago

He just interfered with this woman's ability to pursue legal Healthcare to protect her life. If she dies as a result of the medical complications associated with the pregnancy, I don't see how he doesn't get charged with manslaughter at a minimum.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 7 months ago

It would be very difficult to charge him because prosecutors have absolute immunity for charging decisions. Even if any other prosecutor wanted to charge him they would have a very high bar to prove he overstepped his role as a prosecutor.

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[-] BlackNo1@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago
[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 18 points 7 months ago

I keep saying "expel them from the Union for being more trouble than they're worth" but people think I'm joking.

Only state to fight a war for slavery twice btw

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 29 points 7 months ago

One of the only things of any value to come from the Trump administration, is that these cowards are no longer worried about saying the quiet thing out loud.

It’s like cockroaches that aren’t afraid of the light anymore- but still love bing cockroaches.

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Republicans are fucking ghouls.

[-] jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

What an efficient use of tax dollars. Smh

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

Get out of texas as quickly as you can.

[-] IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 26 points 7 months ago

Where is the armed mob outside of his office demanded the defense of freedom?

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[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

This poor woman. Wtf instead of just getting her life saving care she has to watch idiots arguing about it for months.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

Sounds like attempted murder.

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

He should adopt the baby if he wants it so much.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

The dead baby because it's non viable

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago

I feel like that's all that's needed to drop a SLAPP suit on him, which is Ironic because Anti-SLAPP laws are one of the areas where Texas is actually ahead of the curve

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