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Texas woman allowed to get abortion despite state’s ban after winning landmark suit
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0:41Now PlayingA Texas judge on Thursday gave a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge over bans that more than a dozen states have enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The lawsuit by Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, is believed to be the first time since the landmark Supreme Court decision last year that a woman anywhere in the country has asked a court to approve an immediate abortion.
It was unclear how quickly or whether Cox will receive the procedure.
State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, an elected Democrat, said she would grant a temporary restraining order that would allow Cox to have an abortion under what are narrow exceptions to Texas’ ban.
That decision is likely to be appealed by the state, which argued that Cox does not meet the criteria for a medical exception.
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