Hours before the ruling, a group representing the woman, whose fetus received a fatal diagnosis, said she was leaving Texas for an abortion.

The court ruled that the lower court made a mistake in ruling that the woman, Kate Cox, who is more than 20 weeks pregnant, was entitled to a medical exception.

…

Ms. Cox asked the lower court for approval after she learned that her fetus had a fatal condition, and after several trips to the emergency room.

In short, the life or health exemptions to abortion bans in Republican-controlled states are meaningless.

  • silence7OP
    191·
    7 months ago

    Could also go the other way, if large numbers of women leave the state seeking better odds of surviving pregnancy.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
      23·
      7 months ago

      It’s worth pointing out that Texas already has really high infant and pregnancy mortality rates too.

      Either Republicans get fucked in the polls, or Texas gets fucked. All the companies there will have to relocate if they want to attract and retain their professional employees. Or, they could have policies to aid people seeking an abortion, and dare the state to sue them for it.

      • TechyDad@lemmy.world
        15·
        7 months ago

        Was that before the flight of any doctor whose practice could even touch on abortion? Because doctors are fleeing Texas and I don’t blame them. If my state ruled that I could go to prison for 10 years and become a felon just for doing my job, I’d get out and go to a more welcoming state.

        Sadly, this means that a lot of poorer people won’t be able to get decent healthcare. Hopefully, before it gets too bad (relatively speaking) there’s a political backlash that kicks the Republicans out of office.

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
      1·
      7 months ago

      It is no small feat to move to another state, and I’m not even talking about if you have a mortgage or a family or multiple careers in your household. I imagine any sort of exodus would be slow and prolonged. Probably would more take the form of people not coming in as opposed to people leaving. Just my armchair $.02