Texas AG Seeks to Halt Dallas Woman's Abortion, Sparks Controversy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the state Supreme Court to intervene and stop a Dallas woman, Kate Cox, from having an abortion after a temporary restraining order was granted by a Travis County district judge. This is the first time a pregnant woman has gone to court seeking an abortion since before Roe v. Wade. Paxton also sent a letter threatening legal action to three hospitals if they allowed the abortion to be performed. The Texas Supreme Court is currently considering a similar case involving 20 women who claim they were denied medically necessary abortions. The central question is whether a lethal fetal anomaly qualifies for an abortion under the state's near-total abortion ban.