Texas woman files emergency lawsuit to terminate her non-viable pregnancy

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old unable to get abortion due to multiple state bans, is first woman to ask court to allow procedure since Roe

A Texas woman filed an emergency lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to let her terminate her non-viable pregnancy. The woman recently learned of a lethal fetal diagnosis and her doctors said continuing the pregnancy threatens her life, health, and future fertility – but she’s been unable to get an abortion due to Texas’s multiple bans.

It’s the first time since the (now-overturned) Roe v Wade ruled in 1973 that an adult woman has asked a court to authorize an abortion.