A Texas judge has ruled a baby can be killed in an abortion just because the baby is disabled.
Katie Cox is suing Texas , saying she is seeking an emergency exception in the state’s law protecting babies from abortions for a pregnancy that is destined to end in the death of the baby.
The lawsuit claims the baby has Trisomy 18, which is not proven because prenatal tests often fail.
“It is not a matter of if I will have to say goodbye, but when,” she said in the lawsuit. “I do not want to continue the pain and suffering that has plagued this pregnancy.”
Cox’s baby is approximately 20 weeks old.
And today, a judge ruled she can legally get an abortion despite the fact that Texas law only allows abortions to save the life of the mother. Cox lawsuit claims that not having an abortion could make it so she can’t get pregnant again, even though the abortion could cause the same problem.
In an emergency hearing Thursday, a judge granted a temporary restraining order against the state that would allow Cox to immediately have an abortion.
“The idea that Mrs. Cox wants desperately to be a parent, and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice,” Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said. “So I will be signing the order and it will be processed and sent out today.”
The ruling ignores the fact that abortion is linked to infertility and women have been unable to have children because of previous abortions.
A texas pro-life group talked about the case and said abortion is unnecessary.
Read more at: lifenews.com