TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Dec 7, 2023

A Texas judge today ruled that a woman with an alleged non-viable pregnancy can get an abortion, in what her lawyers say is the first such case since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to ban the procedure. Reuters reports that the woman sought a temporary restraining order on Tuesday to prevent Texas from enforcing the state's near-total ban on abortion, saying her continued pregnancy threatened her health and future fertility. Her fetus was diagnosed on Nov. 27 with trisomy 18, a genetic abnormality that usually results in miscarriage, stillbirth or death soon after birth. The state's abortion ban includes a narrow exception to save the mother's life or prevent substantial impairment of a major bodily function.