DALLAS — Kate Cox left the state to get an abortion on the same day the Texas Supreme Court blocked her ability to terminate her nonviable pregnancy under a medical exemption.
On Monday evening, the state’s highest court struck down a temporary restraining order issued by a Travis County judge on Thursday, which would have allowed her to get an abortion despite the state’s ban on the procedure. State Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to block that decision late Thursday night. The Supreme Court initially halted the decision Friday while it considered the case before issuing its opinion.
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