Texas court 'slams the door on doctors' in Kate Cox abortion case, legal scholar says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Davis says the position taken by Paxton and other anti-abortion advocates in Texas endangers the lives of women and pregnant people.
48% : "The complicating factor from the court's perspective is that [Zurawski v. State of Texas] was just argued a week or so ago, and that case presents the question of how the Texas ban should be interpreted in these kinds of circumstances -- in other words, what kind of breadth is given to the bans," Davis says.
46% : " The Texas state court, which is composed entirely of Republicans, is also hearing a separate case brought by 20 Texas women who were denied abortions that could help clarify what constitutes a "medical exemption" under the current laws, says Martha F. Davis, university distinguished professor of law at Northeastern, who teaches constitutional law and human-rights advocacy.
43% : Underlying both Zurawski v. State of Texas and Cox's case is whether Texas' six-week ban and other abortion restrictions are constitutional despite there not being adequate guidance for doctors, who paradoxically the high court gives discretion to ("reasonable medical judgment") in cases involving potentially life-threatening pregnancies, Parmet says.
39% : Texas court 'slams the door on doctors' in Kate Cox abortion case, legal scholar says The Texas Supreme Court ruled against a 31-year-old woman carrying a fetus with a fatal health condition, saying that her court-approved request for an abortion does not qualify as a medical exemption under state law.

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