Texas Woman's Urgent Plea to End Pregnancy Ignites Abortion Law Debate

A Texas woman, Kate Cox, who was 20 weeks pregnant with a baby diagnosed with Trisomy 18, a condition that is not compatible with life, wrote an op-ed expressing her need to end her pregnancy due to the risks it poses to her health and future pregnancies. Cox highlights the restrictive abortion laws in Texas that prevent her from accessing the care she needs and calls for the courts to grant her a temporary restraining order to allow her to obtain an abortion. After writing the op-ed, Cox traveled out of Texas to obtain the abortion.