Texas Rejecting the Rights of a Woman to Decide
I am probably going to anger some, a few I hope, as to my stance on the Kate’s rights to determine what she needs to do given the baby she is carrying will die. Kate has already gone to Texas court to gain permission to abort. A permission she should not need in the first place. As the Texas Tribune (December 7, 2023) cites:
“For the first time in at least 50 years, a judge has intervened to allow an adult woman to terminate her pregnancy.”
So in Texas, one judge has the integrity to allow a woman whose life is endangered (as sources state) to determine what she needs to do. One woman who expresses a desire (not the real issue) to have children is deciding. I saw the similar anguish by my wife when she lost her second pregnancy.
Meanwhile tough guy Texas State Attorney Ken Paxton “made public statements threatening to prosecute Cox, her doctor and hospitals where Cox might have an abortion, if an abortion proceeded before the [Texas Supreme Court] court ruled.”
Paxton also stated Dr. Karsan “failed to follow” hospital procedures for “determining whether Ms. Cox qualifies for the medical exception to Texas abortion laws.” He also said both the temporary restraining order and the lawsuit failed to “establish that Ms. Cox qualifies for the medical exception to Texas’ abortion laws.”
Charles “Rocky” Rhodes, a law professor at South Texas College of Law . . .
It’s uncertain whether this is true and hospitals definitely have some legal risk, but Paxton is “overstating his case.”
In other words, Paxton is making noise when it is readily apparent, there are issues with the woman’s pregnancy. And the courts must decide rapidly. Meanwhile, he is pushing for a rejection and throwing everything he can at it. Meanwhile, Kate’s health is in jeopardy.
Texas Supreme Court: Cox and her hospital have been placed in a very difficult situation after the Texas Supreme Court decided on Friday to temporarily stay a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed Cox’s abortion to take place. The delay will remain in place until the Texas Supreme Court has reached a decision, but it has not yet said when that will be.
Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort fetus with lethal abnormality, The Texas Tribune, Eleanor Leanor and Neelam Bohra.
Kate Cox in ‘Untenable Position’ as Court Weighs Texas Abortion Decision, msn.com, Sean O’Driscoll
She’s left Texas to get an abortion in a civilized state. “Don’t tread on me” doesn’t seem to apply to women who want to control their bodies.
Feh.
Joel:
Thank you for being the first to comment on a topic which is a no-brainer to anyone
NBC News – about 4:30 pm
Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis and who has been awaiting a decision from the Texas Supreme Court about whether she will be allowed to get an abortion said Monday that she has decided to leave Texas to get the procedure.
Kate Cox, a mother of two who is around 20 weeks pregnant, found out just after Thanksgiving that her developing fetus has trisomy 18, a fatal diagnosis. …
She left the Lone Star state to have a Melian dialog over her fetus….
@paddy,
From what I’ve read, she left the nanny state of Texas so she could get an abortion.
She hasn’t left yet. Perhaps Rangers will meet her at the border.
Kate Cox to Leave Texas For Abortion After Opposition from Ken Paxton, Supreme Court
Dallas Observer – yesterday
@Fred,
CNN today:
“On Monday, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the 31-year-old mother had left Texas to get health care elsewhere following what the group that represents Cox described as “a week of legal whiplash.””
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/us/texas-woman-leaves-state-abortion/index.html
Good. Will she return to Texas?
GOP pushes wave of bills that would bring homicide charges for abortion
The Guardian – March 10
… Republican lawmakers in several US states have introduced legislation proposing homicide and other criminal charges for those seeking abortion care.
The bills have been introduced in states such as Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Arkansas. …
Thucydides – The Melian Dialogue
“It is natural and excusable for men in our position to turn more ways than one both in thought and utterance.” …
(For men only?)
Do you believe that a woman should have the right to terminate a pregnancy up until birth?
Scott:
Not the topic of the post, now is it? Scott is a male name. Do you believe men should decide for women?
Let’s not be simplistic.
To a large degree, I think that women should decide about abortion and as we know, exceptions prove the rule.
Just curious as you are a man.
@Scott,
Yes, I do, if it is her pregnancy.
I wish that the world is as simplistic as you would make it seem
@Scott,
Why do you think a woman’s reproductive choices are simplistic?
It would seem that the ‘Roe Decision’ established that a mother’s right overrode any other rights. Then there was ‘Dobbs’, after Supreme Court stacking, which decided that was not to be.
Do you believe that a woman should…
[ This is a malicious trap-setting comment, rather than a legitimate question. ]
ltr:
How did I answer it?
It does not warrant an answer.