Five women in Texas are suing the state over its abortion law, claiming that the law prevented them from having abortions despite their pregnancies posing life-threatening risks. The lawsuit is significant because it is the first one filed over abortion denials after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision. The women are calling on the court to clarify what exceptions the Texas abortion laws allow.
Under Texas law, abortions are generally banned, but there are some exceptions. One of these is for a “life-threatening physical condition aggravated, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that places the female at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.” The women in the lawsuit claim that they fell under this exception but were still denied abortions.
“The lawsuit aims to hold the state of Texas accountable for the consequences of multiple harmful abortion bans on pregnant people facing obstetric complications,” the Center for Reproductive Rights said on Twitter.
The Center for Reproductive Rights is representing the women in the case and has said that the lawsuit aims to hold the state of Texas accountable for the harmful consequences of multiple abortion bans on pregnant people facing obstetric complications. One of the plaintiffs in the case, Amanda Zurawsk was invited by First lady Jill Biden invited Zurawski to last month’s State of the Union speech after her case received national attention.
Pro-life groups, such as the Susan B. Anthony List, have countered saying that all states with abortion bans have exemptions for necessary and timely medical treatment to save the life of a pregnant woman in an emergency.
I don’t see this suit being successful. The State isn’t at fault for doctor’s overreacting and not being willing to perform medically needed procedures for fear of liability. The abortions that are targeted by the bill are for convenience, not medical necessity. The suit may be useful due to a court making that clear.
What is the trigger abortion law in Texas?
The law prohibits performing, inducing, or attempting to perform an abortion unless a physician has determined that the pregnancy is life-threatening or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless an abortion is performed or induced.
these women are lying ! the law states if life threatening or serious health risk.
But what about the threat to the unborn babies life? Hypocrites.
None seem to have suffered life-threatening problems, they’re health enough to bring the lawsuit. Let’s face it: Abortion is a way to butcher an innocent human being for your own personal pleasure and comfort.
Who specifically ‘denied’ these ladies an abortion. Seems to me that they are the ones that should be sued, not the state. While we are at it, who is behind this lawsuit?
The women in the photograph seem lively enough. If their conditions were treatable without abortion, they don’t have standing to file this suit; the exception is for the very rare cases where there is no alternative.