Texas Mother Leaves State to Abort Disabled Baby After Texas Supreme Court Blocked Abortion

Jean Mondoro : Dec 13, 2023
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"We mourn the decision to take Baby Cox's life rather than give her every chance at life. We want parents to know that there is hope when facing difficult fetal diagnoses. There are life-affirming options rather than abortion." -Kimberlyn Schwartz, director of media and communication for Texas Right to Life

[LifeSiteNews] A Texas mother has reportedly left her home state to legally abort her disabled daughter. The decision for an out-of-state abortion comes days after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order that would have allowed the abortion in Texas despite the state's ban. (Image via Pixabay)

Thirty-one-year-old Kate Cox of Dallas made headlines for filing a lawsuit to obtain an exception to the state's near-total abortion ban, which prohibits killing the unborn unless deemed "necessary" to spare the mother alleged risk of physical impairment or death. A heartbeat law is currently in effect, as are a 1925 full ban and a 2021 trigger law allowed to be enforced after the June 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. 

Abortion activists are attempting to have Texas' abortion restrictions relaxed to include exceptions for fetal abnormalities that are considered "fatal."

On Monday afternoon, the Center for Reproductive Rights – a pro-abortion group based in New York that is representing Cox – announced on X that the mother had left Texas to abort her 20-week-old daughter. The news was quickly lamented by pro-lifers in Texas and beyond.

"We mourn the decision to take Baby Cox's life rather than give her every chance at life," Kimberlyn Schwartz, director of media and communication for Texas Right to Life, said in a press release. "We want parents to know that there is hope when facing difficult fetal diagnoses. There are life-affirming options rather than abortion..." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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