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(The Guardian) Kate Cox, the Texas woman who had to flee her state for an abortion, has described the “terrifying” toll that politicizing health decisions takes on women and families.
Cox, who is expected to attend this evening’s State of the Union address as a guest of first lady Jill Biden, sued Texas after the state supreme court ruled to block her from receiving an abortion after her foetus was diagnosed with a fatal chromosomal condition.
Cox did not qualify for an abortion because her doctor did not establish her symptoms were life-threatening, the court ruled, prompting her to travel to New Mexico to undergo an abortion.
Having to seek the procedure out of state “added a lot of pain and suffering to what was already the most devastating time of our lives,” she said in an interview with CNN aired last night. “I’m just one,” she said, adding: There’s a lot of women and families that are suffering because of the laws in Texas today.
Cox, who is expected to attend this evening’s State of the Union address as a guest of first lady Jill Biden, sued Texas after the state supreme court ruled to block her from receiving an abortion after her foetus was diagnosed with a fatal chromosomal condition.
Cox did not qualify for an abortion because her doctor did not establish her symptoms were life-threatening, the court ruled, prompting her to travel to New Mexico to undergo an abortion.
Having to seek the procedure out of state “added a lot of pain and suffering to what was already the most devastating time of our lives,” she said in an interview with CNN aired last night. “I’m just one,” she said, adding: There’s a lot of women and families that are suffering because of the laws in Texas today.
