Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Emergency Abortion Ruling

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that allowed a woman to obtain an emergency abortion. The woman, Kate Cox, had filed a lawsuit against the state over its restrictive abortion bans, seeking a temporary restraining order. The Supreme Court will now consider the case and has put the lower court's decision on hold. Cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant with a baby diagnosed with a severe anomaly, has been denied the safest form of abortion care. The ruling comes amid ongoing legal battles over Texas' abortion bans, including a law that allows private citizens to sue anyone involved in providing an abortion.