Giving Democrats another policy platform for 2024, the Republican Texas Supreme Court overruled a lower court and denied Kate Cox the legal authority to get an abortion even though the two-time mother’s fetus developed a fatal diagnosis that ensures death in vitro or shortly after birth, per the New York Times.
Made up entirely of Republican appointees, the Texas Supreme Court decision encapsulates the GOP attitude that women have no right to control their bodies. The decision would have meant that Cox–whose lawyers said she fled the state to obtain the needed medical care–would have had to have a cesarian section, a procedure that increases the likelihood of complication given the patient’s medical history.