"Texas Abortion Case Exposes Republican Agenda: Judges as Women's Controllers"

The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Kate Cox's petition to have a health-preserving abortion in Texas, even though she had already made the decision to leave the state for the procedure. Cox, who was 20 weeks pregnant and had a fetus with Trisomy 18, believed she qualified for the narrow exception to the three overlapping abortion bans in Texas. The court's ruling puts responsibility on doctors to determine when a woman's medical circumstances warrant an exception, but critics argue that the exception doesn't exist at all. The case highlights the legal option of leaving Texas for an abortion, the implications of the ruling, the challenges faced by Texas doctors, and the lack of clarity in the state's abortion laws.