Texas judge rules woman with non-viable pregnancy can have an abortion

Kate Cox sued state over ban after being unable to receive abortion care on learning her fetus had fatal diagnosis

A Texas woman with a non-viable pregnancy will be able to get an abortion, a judge ruled on Thursday, after the woman sued the state over its abortion bans.

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two in Dallas, learned last week that her fetus has a lethal diagnosis and had been unable to get an abortion despite going to the emergency room three times with severe cramping and fluid loss. Her lawyers said in court that, in the two days since filing the lawsuit, Cox had to go to the ER a fourth time.