Texas’ abortion ban prohibits all abortions except in cases of medical emergency.
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The Texas state Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a state court ruling allowing a Dallas woman to receive an emergency abortion, after a state judge ruled earlier this week she could obtain the procedure due to doctors’ warnings that giving birth would present health complications, putting the state’s strict abortion ban to the test in the fallout of the U.S. Supreme Court’s momentous decision last year to overturn Roe v. Wade.Key Facts
A Travis County judge on Thursday had granted a temporary restraining order to allow 31-year-old Kate Cox to receive an abortion, two days after she sued the state in an effort to allow her to have an emergency abortion.
